How Robert Pattinson’s Batman Was Inspired By Kurt Cobain

There is something in the way Robert pattinson plays Bruce Wayne in The batman.

In an interview with Empire, posted on Saturday December 18th, director Matt reeves talked about the late Nirvana frontman and 90s music icon Kurt cobain inspired his adaptation of the comic book character in the new film, which is slated for release on March 4.

“When I write, I listen to music, and while I was writing the first act, I put on ‘Something In The Way’ by Nirvana,” he said, referring to the song by the songwriter. Grunge rock band from 1991, which Cobain wrote about a fictional person. living under a bridge, and who appears in trailers for The batman.

“That’s when I thought that, rather than making Bruce Wayne the playboy version that we’ve seen before, there’s another version that went through great tragedy and became a recluse. So I started to make this connection with Gus Van Sant‘s Last days“said Reeves, referring to the 2005 film loosely based on Cobain’s life,” and the idea of ​​this fictional version of Kurt Cobain being in that sort of decaying mansion. “