Robert Pattinson has a message for critics of his superhero physique in The Batman.
The actor, who is also reprising his role in Matt Reeves’ The Batman: Part II, recently clarified during an interview with GQ that he “worked out every fucking day” during filming for the 2022 movie, despite some people criticizing his body.
“[Everyone was like], ‘You didn’t work out at all.’ I worked out every fucking day,” Pattinson said. “Even after that, I still look like I didn’t work out. I worked out twice a day at, like, three o’clock in the morning,” Pattinson said, adding that he blames his past interviews for tough critiques of his Batman body. “I’m like, it’s just because I said it in an interview [that exercise was uncool]. I was trying to sound cool!”
The Drama actor told GQ that he has since installed a home gym inside his Beverly Hills house to train for The Batman sequel, which is expected to begin filming soon. However, Pattinson didn’t seem fully looped in on his upcoming filming schedule.
“And I just heard from the stunt guy the other day. He said, ‘Ooh, 11 weeks of nights.’ I’m like, ‘Excuse me?’ I’m like, ‘No one’s even sent me a schedule,’” he quipped.
Pattinson has been open about his thoughts on male body standards in Hollywood, previously admitting that he felt pressured to tone up himself after seeing other actors with six-pack abs, such as Taylor Lautner in the Twilight franchise. “I had never been so worried about that before, but after seeing how much Taylor works out for the movies, I thought, ‘Well, everybody is really going to judge me now.’ I always tried to think about positions where I could tense the muscles, and suck in my belly,” The Odyssey actor told Mexican magazine15a20 in 2011, via Glamour.
Years later, in 2023, he said during an interview with The London Standard that it’s “crazy” how actors are expected to undergo intense training for roles. He added, “And it’s very, very easy to fall into that pattern as well, even if you’re just watching your calorie intake, it’s extraordinarily addictive — and you don’t quite realise how insidious it is until it’s too late.”