Robert Pattinson Tried To Hide His Batman Audition From Christopher Nolan, But Nolan Know's Everything

While we wait to see the first footage from director Matt Reeves’ The Batman during it’s DC FanDome presentation later this month, actor Robert Pattinson shares a fun story of how he tried to hide his Batman audition from Christopher Nolan during the production of Tenet. Pattinson quickly learned that you can’t hide anything from Nolan because he knows everything.

While speaking with The Irish Times in an interview Pattinson said:

“I had to be really secretive about Batman stuff. So I had to lie to Chris about having to go for a screen test. I said I had a family emergency. And as soon as I said ‘it’s a family emergency’ he said: ‘You’re doing the Batman audition, aren’t you?'”

Of course, Nolan is going to know what’s going on! The guy, who already directed his own Batman trilogy, has a strong relationship with Warner Bros. In the end, it made for an amusing change and a fun story for Pattinson to tell.

The film also stars Collin Farrell as Penguin, Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood) as The Riddler, Jayme Lawson as Bella Reál, John Turturro (The Night Of) as Carmine Falcone, Andy Serkis as Alfred, and Peter Sarsgaard (Green Lantern) as Gil Colson. Gil Perez-Abraham (Orange is the New Black), Charlie Carver (Teen Wolf), and Max Carver (Teen Wolf) have also been cast in undisclosed roles.

The Batman will be a noir-style film that will lean into Batman in his detective mode. The director said that it’s going to tell a deep and psychological story and confirmed that the movie will not be an origin story. However, it will acknowledge his origin and how it’s still something that he’s “majorly struggling” with. When previously talking about the film, Reeves said:

“It's very much a point of view-driven, noir Batman tale. It's told very squarely on his shoulders, and I hope it's going to be a story that will be thrilling but also emotional. It's more Batman in his detective mode than we've seen in the films. The comics have a history of that.”

The Batman is now scheduled to hit theaters on October 1, 2021.