The Batman director Matt Reeves says Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne was inspired by Kurt Cobain. The world is getting yet another cinematic interpretation of DC’s superhero Batman, this time from War For the Planet of the Apes director Reeves.
Clearly Reeves’ own take on Batman will be different from those that came before, at least going by early glimpses of his vision afforded through trailers and other teases. This time around for instance, Batman’s costume and gadgets have a decidedly more home-made feel, as the story tackles the Caped Crusader in his relatively early days. The Batman also promises to go back to the idea of Wayne as a master detective, as it sees him engaging in a high-stakes battle of wits with The Riddler (Paul Dano).
As it turns out Reeves had something very specific in mind when he tackled writing The Batman and coming up with his own new take on the ever-tortured Bruce Wayne. In a recent interview with Empire, Reeves talked about his inspiration for Wayne and revealed the real life very famous person who came to inform his take on the character:
“When I write, I listen to music, and as I was writing the first act, I put on Nirvana’s ‘Something In The Way.’ That’s when it came to me that, rather than make Bruce Wayne the playboy version we’ve seen before, there’s another version who had gone through a great tragedy and become a recluse. So I started making this connection to Gus Van Sant’s Last Days, and the idea of this fictionalized version of Kurt Cobain being in this kind of decaying manor.”
The casting of Pattinson also reflects the Cobain influence according to Reeves. The director said he came to admire Pattinson’s work in the Safdie Brothers’ Good Time, explaining “In that movie you could really feel his vulnerability and desperation, but you could also feel his power.” Reeves added, “He’s also got that Kurt Cobain thing, where he looks like a rock star, but you also feel like he could be a recluse.” Reeves also references the movie Last Days, which tells the story of a rock star’s final moments and was clearly inspired by Cobain.
The real Cobain of course became the voice of his generation as the leader of the rock band Nirvana but met a tragic end when he committed suicide. Batman obviously is a character who tends to be rendered in rather dark ways himself, which makes sense given his own tragic origin story, but the Cobain influence adds even darker shades to what is already something of a bleak story. The idea of a reclusive Wayne of course was already somewhat explored in The Dark Knight Rises, but in that film Wayne is older and has already gone through a lot as Batman. The idea of Batman being reclusive right from the beginning is a somewhat different angle on the character, and it will be interesting to see how Reeves and Pattinson handle this more angst-ridden and less socially dynamic take on Wayne when The Batman finally hits screens.
Source: Empire
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