If I didn’t love The Batman and Robert Pattinson’s performance as the caped crusader enough, Pattinson’s inspiration for the molding of the character elevated that passion even more. During an interview with the LA Times, Pattinson spoke on the characters biggest inspirations, Kurt Cobain and Michael Corleone. Pattinson stated,
“In our first meeting, Matt mentioned Kurt Cobain was one of the linchpins of the character. Just that put something in my head,”
“There’s something about this kind of self-imposed torment that I always found really interesting and also inheriting a life that you’re not entirely sure you want but also feel like you cannot give up at all. I remember we also talked a lot about Michael Corleone.”
Reeves elaborated on Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne, saying
“he is a character who essentially is stunted. He’s sort of stuck emotionally at being 10 years old, and that’s exacerbated by the fact that he has this safety net of being incredibly rich. But he chooses to do this very brave, daring, reckless, almost suicidal thing, trying make meaning out of his life by going out and taking the law into his own hands.”
Aiding the comparison is a nod to the film itself with “I Have But One Heart”, which is the song Johnny Fontane sings to Connie during the opening of The Godfather.
