- Robert Pattinson clarified earlier comments he made regarding not working out “The Batman.”
- Pattinson stated that the GQ June/July 2020 cover story quotes were his. “came back to haunt me.”
- He said that his role required him to be fit, but during quarantine he wasn’t as meticulous.
Robert Pattinson stated that he was just joking about not getting in shape for Matt Reeves’s title role. “The Batman,”Since then, the comments have followed him.
When he was previously interviewed for a television series, the actor attracted attention. Cover story for GQ magazine’s June/July 2020 issue. After the interview, production began. “The Batman”Due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was unable to continue.
The “Twilight”GQ spoke to the alum while he was in London, telling them that it was not a top-priority task to train for his superhero role.
GQ senior staff writer Zach Baron, who interviewed Pattinson, noted that the trainer hired by Warner Bros. to work with Pattinson gave him a Bosu ball and a weight — but the star hadn’t utilized either item.
“I think if you’re working out all the time, you’re part of the problem,”He said. “You set a precedent. No one was doing this in the ’70s. Even James Dean — he wasn’t exactly ripped.”
“Literally, I’m just barely doing anything,” Pattinson added, explaining that Zoë Kravitz, who plays Selina Kyle/Catwoman, had been working out five days per week while home.
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In a fresh Interview with MovieMakerPattinson wrote a reflection on his viral cover story, and then he shared his thoughts about fitness.
“That really came back to haunt me,”British actor. “I just always think it’s really embarrassing to talk about how you’re working out.”
He continued: “It’s like an English thing. Unless you are in the most unbelievable shape, where people are just genuinely curious, going, ‘How have you achieved, like, physical perfection?’ or whatever.”
Pattinson claimed that to play the Caped Crusader, you must have physical strength and muscular endurance.
“You’re playing Batman. You have to work out,”He said. “I think I was doing the interview when I was in lockdown, as well, in England. … I was in a lower gear of working out.”
Pattinson described the reaction to his comments about his workouts as the time he famously recalled. Telled “Extra”That he “probably”He hadn’t washed his head in weeks. “really see the point in washing your hair.”
“It just sticks for 15 years,”He said.
‘The Batman,” which stars Pattinson, Kravitz, and Paul Dano, hits theaters on March 4.