I think when you're working with a script that is so comprehensively brought together and tight and knows what it is, you kind of forget all of that. And there’s the thriller aspect – it’s almost a thriller that happens to be a Batman storyĪndy Serkis and Robert Pattinson in The Batman (WB)ĭid you guys feel any pressure following up other version of the Batman story, older performances? The corruption and the greed and the post-truth existence of the characters in this world is something that we can relate to, but it also exists as a huge mythic place and a huge mythic story. It's on rocky ground, and not traditionally where the Bruce Wayne/Alfred relationship is in terms of them, you know, on song and facing the foe together.Īnd that’s also magnified in the world that they're in, in the Gotham that we have in our story, which is a world that that feels very contemporaneous and real.
So then it's not conventional in terms of their relationship. The relationship between Alfred and he is on shifting sands, and Alfred’s been pushed back and pushed out, and he’s struggling to kind of be the mentor that he knows he needs to be for Bruce. He’s on this kind of solo nihilistic journey, which doesn't include Alfred. It’s set in year two, when Bruce is still yet forming and becoming the Batman. And neither is it a kind of continuation of films past. I think the point at which we join the story makes it original in the sense that it's not an origin story. There are many different versions of the Batman story – from your perspective, what would you say makes this one stand out? Wild Things ( Carol, K.W.By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. The Goonies ( Mikey, Brand, Chunk, Mouth, Data, Andy & Stef) | They exchange knowing smiles and go their separate ways. And in his next visit to the restaurant, Alfred looked across to see Bruce dining with Selina Kyle. However, Alfred returns to a restaurant in Florence, where he visited before Bruce returned from his seven-year absence as Batman, hoping that he would see Bruce there, settled down and happy. Alfred only returned after Batman apparently sacrificed himself to save Gotham, and attended Bruce's funeral with James Gordon, Lucius Fox and John Blake. However, the two became separated when Alfred told Bruce the truth about Rachel angry and hurt, Bruce orders Alfred to leave. Despite this, Alfred assisted Bruce in finding out information about the mercenary, Bane. Alfred later burns the letter, reflecting that, just as the people of Gotham would need to believe in Harvey Dent, despite his actions as Harvey "Two-Face", Bruce needed to believe that Rachel still loved him.Įight years after the death of Harvey Dent, Alfred had grown concerned for Bruce, who had not yet moved on from either Rachel or Batman.
Rachel later gave Alfred the task of giving Bruce a letter, which reveals that she was going to marry Dent. While reflecting on the actions of the Joker, Alfred recalls a tale in order to explain to Bruce that some men "just want to watch the world burn". When the League of Shadows attacked Wayne Manor, Alfred saved Bruce, who was trapped under a beam and rallied him to resume his fight to save Gotham from Ra's al Ghul.įor the next year, Alfred acted as a source of wisdom to not only Bruce, but Rachel Dawes and, on a more casual level, Harvey Dent. With Alfred's help, Bruce had gathered the tools necessary to become Batman, also encouraging him to feign a social life to deflect attention from the idea that he could be Batman. Seven years later, after training with the League of Shadows, Bruce reunites with Alfred and told him of his goal of becoming a symbol to frighten the criminals of Gotham City. When Bruce vanished, he was declared dead by Wayne Enterprises' CEO William Earle, and left everything to Alfred.
After the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne, murdered at the hands of Joe Chill, Alfred became Bruce Wayne's legal guardian.
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