The dream for many an actor is to find such an iconic role that it will provide you with fame and recognition. Those things that make you instantly marketable as an actor. However, the problem with starring in an iconic role is that people will often see you a little else and then you instantly get typecast, making it tough for actors who ultimately want to find fame in one such role, but then also try not to let it define them too.
Take Robert Pattinson for instance, who thanks to the massive success of The Twilight movies, became an instant household name. Problem was, that now, regardless of what the actor does, it appears as if people instantly think of him as the shiny vampire with no emotions and a wooden smile. Hopefully, for the actor, things are about to change as he now gets the opportunity of another dream iconic role as Warner Bros has announced he has officially been cast as the new Batman in Matt Reeves’ upcoming Batman movie.
After being announced as one of the favourites for the role alongside Nicholas Holt, Deadline has reported that Pattinson has been officially chosen as the new Batman following screen tests and believe that he is the man to take the caped crusader forward for the future. The news is ultimately great for the actor and for the film as I can see Pattison making a decent attempt at the character. Sadly, it seems that the internet is unable to look past Pattinson’s performances in the Twilight movies just yet, as many people have been making statements about it on social media that he is just no right for the role. It’s a little silly considering none of us other than the producers and directors of the film in question, have seen what he could look like in as Batman. After all, people felt Ben Affleck was a poor fit for the role and Heath Ledger a terrible choice as The Joker in Nolan’s The Dark Knight film and look at how both those choices panned out.
For Pattinson’s sake, though at least casting choices are not decided in the public opinion of the internet and so hopefully now that he has been officially cast as the new Dark Knight, he can make the role his own and move his career beyond those poor Twilight films and towards something much better. After all, the actor has shown in several smaller films since then that he really is a talented actor once he gets a role meaty enough to play.
For Pattinson, that day is still quite a far way away though with the film only scheduled for release in 2021. Before then though it appears the film’s casting may still have some way to go as according to a Forbes story, the film will also feature Batman’s famous sidekick Robin (alongside potentially six villains), meaning that this movie will also be the first time we see The Dark Knight teamed up with his famous side-kicked since Joel Schumacher collectively made a joke of the comic book universe in his horrible Batman & Robin film back in 1997. Hopefully, this is not a sign of things to come and as long as there are no rumours about casting for the role of Mr Freeze, I think we can assume Reeves is going to do his utmost best to not take inspiration from that horror-show of a movie.
Last Updated: June 13, 2019
For the Emperor!
June 3, 2019 at 08:47
“shiny vampire” – he was not shiny, he was SPARKLY!
http://on-the-couch.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edward-cullen-sparkle.jpg
Guz
June 3, 2019 at 08:47
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Admiral Chief
June 3, 2019 at 08:47
Jaw seems off https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a18ca1bd22bb3f0f9f31bbaafdef094f96ff1d977dd250d82557c57fd0b4d76f.png
PoisonedBelial
June 3, 2019 at 09:02
Worst vampire ever.
Only took him 11 years to turn into a bat…
Admiral Chief
June 3, 2019 at 09:14
HAH
Original Heretic
June 3, 2019 at 09:15
Best observation in this thread!
Pariah
June 3, 2019 at 09:40
This is gold. XD
PoisonedBelial
June 3, 2019 at 09:41
*bows*
Jacques Van Zyl
June 3, 2019 at 09:28
Pattison is known for being an emo teen dressed in black, running around pretending to be a vampire, yes?
I might be wrong, but is that not near 100% what Bruce Wayne did as a teen?
Edit : He gets my vote of confidence.
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
June 3, 2019 at 09:40
Hahahaha good observation
Jacques Van Zyl
June 3, 2019 at 09:28
Pattison is known for being an emo teen dressed in black, running around pretending to be a vampire, yes?
I might be wrong, but is that not near 100% what Bruce Wayne did as a teen?
Edit : He gets my vote of confidence.
Jacques Van Zyl
June 3, 2019 at 09:28
Pattison is known for being an emo teen dressed in black, running around pretending to be a vampire, yes?
I might be wrong, but is that not near 100% what Bruce Wayne did as a teen?
Edit : He gets my vote of confidence.
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
June 3, 2019 at 09:40
Craig you are on the spot. Pattinson is a multi-award winning actor and he’s got some serious talent. He just chose not to go mainstream since Twilight and for good reason. Those movies got his name out there, then he honed his craft. Optimistic about this one, and hope he really bulks up to impose the fearful sillouette that Batman is.
Pixelated Gambit
June 3, 2019 at 10:54
As I said before. I hope he pulls this off and goes on to become the best live action Batman, so I can laugh at all the crybabies online that won’t accept it as fact.
CrAiGiSh
June 3, 2019 at 11:54
Time to leave the planet all …
G8crasha
June 3, 2019 at 08:23
I’ve never seen him in action, so I am apprehensive about this casting. But, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, and we’ll see what he pulls off.
Dresden
June 3, 2019 at 08:36
I also don’t doubt his capabilities as an actor, I just don’t see him as a fit for Batman.
Hopefully he proves me wrong. I want him to prove me wrong!
For the Emperor!
June 3, 2019 at 08:47
I have only seen him in trailers* for movies I did not fancy, but in those trailers he looked like a very capable actor, agreed. Perhaps this is the role where I like him? Even Kirsten Steward was capable of impressing me (she was great in American Ultra), so there is hope he can win me over with this role.
*After Twilight. I watched that for some reason…
Matthew Holliday
June 3, 2019 at 11:43
If the movie actually turns out to be good, then maybe.
But I mean, that requires DC to actually do something good.
Thought they were on the right track with Wonder Woman, but Justice League and The Little Mermaid havnt inspired much confidence.
If the movies trash, Pattison wont even get the chance to show us how good of a Batman he can be.
For the Emperor!
June 3, 2019 at 14:02
I really liked Aquaman. Then again I am a Jason Momoa fan.
But yeah, if the movie script, production and direction is not good, then poor old Pattison might take flack for something out of his control.