Robert PattinsonandZoe Kravitzwere thrown into the deep end on their first day shootingThe Batman.
Naturally, the two end up fighting.
That’s the stuff that actually is more intimidating to do, especially in a film like this."
Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle in ‘The Batman’.Jonathan Olley/DC Comics/Warner Bros.
It’s hard to fight in those suits.
We were doing that for weeks."
The costumes created another unglamorous obstacle because Pattinson was, understandably, burning up in the Batsuit.
Jeffrey Wright as Lieutenant Jim Gordon in ‘The Batman’.DC Comics/Warner Bros. Pictures
“There’s only one place where sweat can be released,” says Pattinson.
“And it would drop directly between Zoe’s eyes or nose.
I could almost see it quivering at the end of my nose like, ‘Don’t drop!’
It’s likeMission: Impossible.”
Beginning with the fight also challenged the actors' performance.
“And kind of trying to establish a relationship while simultaneously hitting each other.
It’s an unusual dance.”
And it asks a lot of questions: Who is this guy in this strange suit?
Why is he wearing this strange get-up?
And why is Gordon with him?
It raises all of these questions for which sometimes the answers may be assumed in other versions.
The Batmanopens in theaters March 4.
