The newest addition to the Batman franchise is just around the corner. With Robert Pattinson taking on the mantle, naturally fans have questions about all the different aspects of the character that make him so iconic.
One of those elements is the dark and menacing voice that he uses when he prowls the streets of Gotham.
Unfortunately for Pattinson, it seems that nobody was impressed by his new take.
“They told me to stop doing it,” Pattinson said on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “Everyone does this kind of gruff, gravelly thing, and I’m like, ‘I’m going to do the opposite, I’m gonna go really whispery.’”
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“I tried to do it for the first two weeks, and it just looked absolutely atrocious.”
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On a recent panel, (via Collider) Pattinson explained that he eventually found the sweet spot.
“It started to sit in a very particular place, and it felt like the progression from other Bat voices.”
“The more you embody the suit, the more you embody the character, it just started to come out quite organically.”
“I was trying to think he’s not putting on a voice. He puts on the suit and then the voice just starts happening for him as a person as well.”
Speaking with Kimmel, Pattinson also delved into the suit. Joking that Val Kilmer’s and George Clooney’s suits are locked away at Warner Bros. costume department, guarded by a couple of Robins.
Pattinson laughed off the “Many, many nipples” that defined Clooney and Kilmer’s suits.
When asked if any previous Batmen had given him advice for the role he mentions that he ran into Christian Bale at a urinal. “I guess that kind of inspired him to say ‘the first thing you need to do in the bat suit is figure out a way to pee.’”
Robert Pattinson glides in as The Batman on March 3rd (AUS)
For now, check out Pattinson’s incredible Bat theme or his Robin hopes for the sequel.
