Robert Pattinson has hit back at critics who claimed he didn’t bother to get in shape Batman, and he doesn’t like it.
speaks to GQ magazine as part of the publication’s summer cover story regarding The Odysseythe 40-year-old actor addressed the persistent perception that his physique in the 2022 film was less than the superhero standard.
The reality, he says, was somewhat different.
“[Everyone was like]’You didn’t train at all.’ I worked out every freaking day,” Pattinson said.
“Even after that I still look like I haven’t worked out. I worked out twice a day at three in the morning. I think it’s just because I said that in an interview [once that exercise was uncool]. I was trying to sound cool!”
So there it is, the offhand comment about not believing in exercise that circulated widely before the first film’s release was, by his own admission, a pose rather than a policy.
The irony is that it has followed him ever since.
Now Pattinson is preparing to do it all over again for Batman: Part IIdirector Matt Reeves’ long-awaited sequel, for which he has installed a gym.
The film will also star Sebastian Stan and Scarlett Johansson, and Reeves recently teased production by sharing a first look image of the Batmobile on a snowy street.
However, Pattinson seems to be one of the last to know the details of what lies ahead.
“I just heard from the stunt guy the other day. He said, ‘Oh, 11 weeks of nights.’ I’m like, ‘Excuse me?’ I’m like, ‘No one even sent me a schedule,'” he said.
