Robert Pattinson’s Agents Were Surprised He Wanted To Play Batman

Robert Pattinson takes on the cowl of the Dark Knight next month, but he noted in a recent interview that his desire to play Batman surprised his agents. Pattinson, who is starring in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, spoke with Total film (per Games Radar) about taking on the role and being a fan of the character. You can see some highlights below:

On seeking out the role of Batman: “I was aiming for quite different stuff. Obviously it’s basically the jewel in the crown, of the parts you can really get as an actor. But I’d never really thought I was anywhere close to doing it, and especially with the other parts I was attracted to at the time … I just kept obsessively checking up on it for the next year or so. Even my agents were like, ‘Oh, interesting. I thought you only wanted to play total freaks?’ And I was like, ‘He is a freak!'”

On being a longtime fan of the character: “Out of all the comic-book characters and that kind of movie, I’ve seen every single one of the [Batman] movies in the cinema, which I can’t really say I’ve done for any other series. I was always really looking forward to them coming out. There was the combination of just being so attracted to it, but also feeling like it’d had a lot of movies made about it, and none of them are bad movies. People kind of shit on some of them, but they’re not actually bad. They all kind of completely achieve what they set out to achieve, and they’re all really interesting, according to their time and place. I don’t know. I just had a weird instinct about it. But I’ve always loved the character.”

The film is set to release on March 4th.