The Batman director explains Robert Pattinson’s emo eyeliner, Kurt Cobain influence

It’s already been revealed that the influence of Kurt Cobain played a key role in the shaping of Robert Pattinson’s version of Batman in upcoming DC / Warner Bros. movie The Batman, and now director Matt Reeves has gone into more detail about this inspiration – not just addressing the Nirvana tie, but also R‑Patz’ darker aesthetics in the film (which actually have more in common with emo than grunge). In an interview with Esquire, Matt explained that Nevermind song Something In The Way – which was featured in The Batman’s August 2020 teaser trailer – first got him thinking about this new version of Bruce Wayne: ​“When I considered, ​‘How do you do Bruce Wayne in a way that hasn’t been seen before?’ I started thinking, ​‘What if some tragedy happened and this guy be...

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