Zoë Kravitz & Robert Pattinson Talk About Their ‘Really Intense’ Chemistry Audition For ‘The Batman’

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Reinventing the Bat and the Cat was hard work. “The Batman” stars Zoë Kravitz and Robert Pattinson are on the new cover of Entertainment Weekly, and inside they talk about the dark, new take on the classic superhero. READ MORE: The Riddler Crashes A Funeral In New Clip From ‘The Batman’ With Robert Pattinson “The chemistry read was really intense,” Kravitz recalls of her first audition with Pattinson. “Rob was wearing the Batsuit, and it was a proper camera test with the DP there and everything on a soundstage.

It wasn’t just reading lines in a room. So it was intimidating, to say the least.” Pattinson, who had already been cast in the role as Bruce Wayne, says, “The first time I’d even said lines from the script was in Zoë’s screen test.

They had this idea that they wanted me to be taller at the beginning, so I basically had high-heeled sneakers on, and I’m tottering around in this strange Batman outfit.

The camera’s not even on me, it’s on the back of my head, and I’m literally having this major panic attack, just looking for emotional support from Zoë, who’s trying to get the part.” The audition apparently went off extremely well, as director Matt Reeves says, “Everyone could see there was something really special between them.” In the years after starring in the “Twilight” franchise, Pattinson has largely appeared in interesting, independent projects, but the opportunity to play Batman enticed him back to blockbusters. “You’re always looking for the next challenge,” he says. “The interesting thing about Bruce in this is that he hasn’t really got his playboy persona yet.