Robert Pattinson Calls Zoë Kravitz His “Emotional Support” During Their Intense Audition
“Everyone could see there was something really special between them,” The Batman director Matt Reeves said.
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Though Zoë Kravitz and Robert Pattinson have known each other for more than a decade, they were still riddled with anxiety during their first chemistry test for Matt Reeves's The Batman.
In a new cover story for Entertainment Weekly, the acting duo reflected on the "intense" read for the roles of Bruce Wayne's Batman and Selina Kyle's Catwoman.
"The chemistry read was really intense," Kravitz said, adding that it doubled as her audition, since Reeves chose to meet with her before she had even read a line. "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."
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She recalled feeling nervous about a moment in which she had to remove a motorcycle helmet. "That totally spun me into a little bit of anxiety," she continued. "It's wildly complicated to take off a helmet and look cool, not have it get stuck on your head, or your hair look funny. I was convinced that was going to be my downfall."
And while Pattinson had already been cast as Bruce Wayne, he, too, was feeling the nerves.
"The first time I'd even said lines from the script was in Zoë's screen test," the Twilight alum told the magazine. "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."
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Panic attack or not, Reeves was convinced that he had found his leads.
"They really connected," the director told EW. "Everyone could see there was something really special between them."
The Batman, which releases March 4, also stars Andy Serkis, Paul Dano, Colin Farrell, and Peter Sarsgaard.
This article originally appeared in Harper's BAZAAR US
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