I need RP's answer transcribed for when he first starts to answer the first question (I didn't quite hear it well). He repeated his one nipple joke from his GQ interview. Paul Dano seems like a very nice person. I was not familiar with his movies until I saw 'There will Be blood' and he was great in it (his partner/gf is Elia Kazan's grand daughter, wow!).

I wonder if Zoe set it all up for a redo of female fandom again. "Will you be my batman?" LOL.

PM – Do you mean when he responds to the question of who is his Batman? "You actually ask that on dates?… That's really unusual. Then she asks if it's Clooney and Rob says … Oh I thought you meant in my life …" in that he thought she mean't who is the person who is "his Batman" in real life. Does that answer your question. Also I love Paul Dano – he did a remarkable performance of Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy. I cannot wait to see what he does with The Riddler.

And Colin Farrell's Adam West comment made me laugh … I would pay good money to see Rob try that Batman costume on.

Thanks, Maria, yes. LOL, 'who is your batman?' can be interpreted multiple ways and RP goes for the most complicated one.

Paul Dano and Zoe saying RP is their batman is pretty clever come to think of it, as in the batman they both pursue.

Zoe is really chasing after her batman, LOL (he is funny, charming but not really suave as in cool and confident). He is resisting like he is married or something. But he is like that with most of his female leads, except may be with Mia W.

These new interviews with Rob and Zoe are great. Jake Hamilton, I remember him. In "Remember Me' interview, Rob says 'that's a good suit' 'where did you get it' and Jake is surprised and flattered and says 'Express I think…' They are about the same age.

https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=0Iq418GVabA

In another interview, the interviewer compliments their partners for being supportive and Rob says the best and says something about being better than jealous. The shade master… Well, I have always thought that his Cosmopolis (Cronenberg! Cannes! Lead!) success made a certain someone green with envy and act out. And, at some level, if you have a strong and ambitious partner a bit of jealousy is to be expected because they want what you have for themselves.

I liked his answer to how he went and sat in the garden … when he got the news about getting cast for batman or telling his parents first. I like how he cares for his parents. Keeping grudges and using it for positive reinforcement was another courageous confession but he has said that before.

I would be totally lost without you posting these amazing updates Maria – thank you thank you thank you! Great having all these little snippets & insights into The Batman. As someone who must admit to not being very "Batman literate", (other than watching Adam West's version on tv in the 70s) I feel like I've had at least a basic education on the character that Matt Reeves wants to bring to our screens. It's sounding epic and I can't wait. The excitement of the cast is palpable, which is always a bonus.

RP will bring a whole new audience to this movie, people who were not into superhero movies. I needed to see other Batman movies to see what hype was. Definitely recommend Burton's and Nolan's versions. My last memory of superhero movie I liked was Christopher Reeve.

In Paris, RP apparently said this in an interview: "Music is essential. It helps me immerse myself in an atmosphere. To prepare myself to be Bruce Wayne, I listened to classical music, especially symphonies, like those of Bach or Wagner. I listened to them entirely as if I were watching a movie."

I am very musical and think have very good taste even though I can't hold a note or sing a tune myself (My sister is a musical prodigy and does that count? 🙂 ). I listen to all types (like Duke Ellington said if it sounds good, it is good) as long as it is serious. This musical side of RP I have always liked – unlike other actors, I think he is serious about it and has talent. His Guitar riff in Death grips' Birds is very good. In an interview maybe in 2019, he told the interviewer that he had started listening to classical music (maybe this was when he was doing all the tests for the Batman movie; Reeves said he already had the soundtrack or early versions of it when he began) and the interviewer put him on the spot by asking what he was listening. RP could not answer him, he said something like he would have memorized the names if he had foreseen the question. LOL. Now he is naming names, Bach and Wagner. That is a good start. But Beethoven may be the most emo composer there is. Most Beethoven symphonies follow the pattern of the first movement being filled with angst like beating himself up, angry at the world, the second and third movements are usually slowly coming to terms with the hand that was dealt and consoling himself and the final movement is more of jubilation at the resolution. This Batman movie has a lot of classical scoring and it will be interesting to see how it all comes together.

"I listened to them entirely as if I were watching a movie." this made me laugh because it is a novice statement and I am a snob. Symphonies are meant to be listened to in their entirety.

Yes I believe I posted that interview in the magazine/print interviews master post re listening to music. I haven't had a chance to watch the Collider interview yet that I posted 🙁 #damnyouwork

Thanks Maria, would love to read the rest of it.