MOVIE NEWS – It’s true that Batman 2022 will be rated PG-13 in the US, but even so, the previews suggest that it will be the bloodiest, dirtiest Batman movie in the character’s cinematic history. That’s not to say that the Bruce Wayne/Batman played by Robert Pattinson will be markedly different from the comic book version, and Batman’s cardinal rule of no killing remains a key part of the character’s life.

This rule seems obvious enough at first, yet there is some freedom in how the reason for its creation itself is interpreted. At the very least, Robert Pattinson has tried to delve deep into the mind of his character Bruce Wayne to decipher why and how the well-known ‘no killing’ rule was born in his head. The actor spoke about it to the French magazine Premiere:

“There is this rule with Batman: he must not kill. It can be interpreted in two ways. Either he only wants to inflict the appropriate punishment, or he wants to kill and his self-control prevents him from doing so.

“I imagined it that way from the rehearsal of the first fight, I thought it was funnier: something in him just wanted to slit the guy’s throat! I told myself that if he spends his nights chasing criminals, it is impossible that he does not take pleasure in it. He suffers and it is a desire that overwhelms him. And by dint of knocking, his mind clears, he calms down, he reaches a state close to plenitude. I’m sure in this first fight, he manages to convince himself that every guy in front of him is the one who killed his mother (Laughs.) And so that allows him to vent all his rage.

“The interesting thing is that this Batman practically lives in the gutter. He’s nowhere at home except on the street when he’s wearing the suit. He lives a criminal life, but without committing crimes! I felt like I could get something out of that. Anyway, I could only play a superhero if he was really dirty!”

Batman’s release has not yet been postponed due to the current, raging wave of the coronavirus epidemic, so it will still arrive in US cinemas on 4 March 2022.

Source: Premiere