Batman Begins
2022’sThe Batman , DC and Warner Bros. ' late Caped Crusader reboot , shares multiple reference with theDark Knighttrilogy . Like James Bond , Dracula , or Peter Pan , Batman is a quality seemingly destined to outlast any changes to the trajectory of pop culture . Gotham City ’s watchful protector is arguably the expectant superhero of all - time , and has a highly eventful history on film , for the better and unfit . No matter the ups and downs though , consumer appetite for Batman stories never really seems to abate .
Before Pattinson , Batman was portrayed onscreen by Ben Affleck , who was an infamously controversial pick when first casting , but finally won over millions of fans . Affleck first played the role inBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justice , then returned the next yr forJustice League , as cut by Joss Whedon . Despite earning confident limited review for his performance , Affleck ’s clock time as Batman ended almost as quickly as it come out , with the worker bend out of a planned solo project and go away the role behind . Or at least that was how it appeared until Affleck shock fan by bless on to return forThe Flashsolo movie alongside the issue of Michael Keaton ’s Batman .
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With the DCEU ’s older take on Batman still surprisingly marching onwards , DC ’s next rendering has arrived inThe Batman , with Robert Pattinson playing the lead . While Affleck ’s Batman might still be on the view , it is hard not to compare any fresh execution to the iconic version of Batman that was create by Christian Bale ’s performance in Christopher Nolan’sDark Knighttrilogy . Here are all theDark Knightcharacters thatThe Batmanshares .
Batman/Bruce Wayne
Obviously , billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne and his superhero alter ego Batman are the protagonists in bothThe Batmanand theDark Knighttrilogy . While buff capture to witnessChristian Bale ’s Bruce Wayneevolve into Batman throughBatman Begins , then do as a more seasoned Caped Crusader inThe Dark Knight , The Batmansplits the difference between those periods . Robert Pattinson ’s Batman is in only his second year as a block out vigilante in Gotham City , so while the film smartly does n’t focus on once again restate Batman ’s origin story , Pattinson ’s Batman also is n’t yet a fully - formed hero .
Pattinson ’s Batman is also darker and gloomier overall than Bale ’s , and seemingly less in control . Pattinson ’s Batman seems like he could fly off the handle at any moment , which makes him more of an irregular character . The Batmanalso give way more play to the titular wedge ’s condition as a enceinte investigator too , although it ’s clean he can still bust up bad guys when the need arises .
Catwoman/Selina Kyle
Continuing the theme of Gotham City ’s bomber and villains not yet being fully formed , Selina Kyle ( Zoe Kravitz)isn’t quite Catwoman whenThe Batmanbegins . She ’s not covered pass to toe in black leather , and is more of a modest - time thief . However , by the time Selina takes her leave from Gotham City on a bike , she ’s call for a major step toward becoming a unadulterated Catwoman beforeThe Batman ’s credit scroll .
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Most recent versions of Catwoman have made her more of a virtuously conflicted antihero than an outright scoundrel , Anne Hathaway ’s portrayal inThe Dark Knight Risesincluded , and Kravitz’sThe Batmancharacter is yet again of that nature . While some fans of the felid foe might wish her more evil side would get to come out again on picture , it seems that for now she ’s on course for another passion story with Bruce .
James Gordon
One of the first signs thatThe Batmanprobably would n’t be part of the established DCEU , even as a prequel to it , came with the casting of Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon . While characters exchange slipstream in different iteration onscreen has certainly become more and more common , take it happen in the middle of the same franchise is much less so . Gordon has of class always been played by white actors previously , including Gary Oldman in theDark Knighttrilogy .
Being inglorious this time did n’t really seem to castrate Gordon ’s characterization , but it definitely could have , as it could have been even punishing for a Black peace officer to stick out up to and seek to agitate back against Gotham ’s notoriously corrupt political violence than it was for Oldman ’s reading . For better or worse , Reeves chose not to go that itinerary , with Gordon ’s airstream not really factor in in , althoughGordon ’s loyalty to Batmandefinitely has him on the out with his superiors betimes on .
Alfred Pennyworth
Bruce Wayne ’s Samuel Butler and foster male parent Alfred Pennyworth once again appearedThe Batman , this meter played by Andy Serkis . Serkis said in pre - release interviews that a big part ofThe Batmanwould be the worked up connectedness between Alfred and Bruce , and despite Pattinson ’s moodier take on Batman , that did hold true . As has happened in many other movies , an attempt to harm Alfred brought out Bruce ’s protective side , and revealed the deep bond he has with the man ’s who taught him so much .
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Alfred , as played by Michael Caine in theDark Knighttrilogy , was very much someone Bale ’s Bruce looked to for advice and counselling , and to possibly arrest him if he got too consumed with his other part and the power that come with it . WithPattinson ’s unseasoned , darker Batmannot as focus on the estimate of revenge his parent ' slaying this time as he is cleanse up Gotham ’s street , Serkis ' Alfred did fall into that role with hisThe Batmancharacter as well , attempting to caution Bruce against going too far down the rabbit pickle .
The Joker
The oneDark Knightcharacter to make an appearing inThe Batmanwithout being advertised in overture was none other than The Clown Prince of Crime , The Joker . The sadistic clown was of trend fiddle by the late Heath Ledger in Nolan’sThe Dark Knight , earning a posthumous Oscar for his work . Ledger ’s Joker fashioned himself an agent of chaos , and someone out to turn the world upside down . It ’s hard to severalize just what sort ofJoker that Barry Keoghan ’s version inThe Batmanwill be , as he only made a brief but memorable cameo appearance inThe Batman ’s post - credits view .
Carmine Falcone
Another character in bothThe Batmanand theDark Knighttrilogy is Carmine Falcone , Gotham City ’s occupier lord of organized crime . John Turturro play Falcone this time out , while Tom Wilkinson played the character inBatman Begins . While Falcone is not a supervillain , it made sense for him to be let in here , considering Reeves ' often say intent to make a more ground detective story about the festering corruption in Gotham .
Falcone ’s most recent live - action at law word picture on FOX’sGothamTV show made him far more of an antihero than an impish - villain . While he was still a infamous felon , he at least had some apparent sense of honor , and could be reason with to an extent . This tolerate in contrast to Wilkinson ’s slimyversion inBatman Begins , who rent Bruce Wayne be after being confronted fundamentally just to make it clear how little the latter ’s threats of vengeance bothered him . Turturro ’s Falcone inThe Batmanbrought the part back to his root in a manner akin to Wilkinson ’s take , making him an unreformable ogre .
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