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The Reason Rob Pattinson Agreed To Become The Batman · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Ever since he wrapped
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  Speaker 1: up his breakout role in Twilight, Rob Pattinson has typically
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  Speaker 1: opted to work on more independent films than big Hollywood movies,
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  Speaker 1: until he agreed to sign on to one of the
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  Speaker 1: biggest franchises of them all, playing Dark Knights himself in
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  Speaker 1: the upcoming movie The Batman, which seems kind of about
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  Speaker 1: a character for Rob, but he does admit that the
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  Speaker 1: fact that he'll be the sixth actor to play him
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  Speaker 1: on the big screen was a big deterrent at first,
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  Speaker 1: but eventually that challenge of finding his unique place amongst
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  Speaker 1: all those iconic performances was exactly what made him take
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  Speaker 1: the job. He tells g Q, you know, you've seen
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  Speaker 1: this sort of lighter version of Batman. You've kind of
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  Speaker 1: seen a jaded version, more animalistic version. The puzzle of
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  Speaker 1: it becomes quite satisfying to think, where's my opening? Do
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  Speaker 1: I have anything inside of me which would work if
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  Speaker 1: I decided to do it. In the end, that opportunity
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  Speaker 1: was too exciting as an actor to pass up. So
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  Speaker 1: Rob is Batman that's direct from Hollywood.