Esquire UK interviewed Rob on the release of the new Dior Homme. Here is what Rob had to say. You can read the full article to catch up on what Francis Kurkdjian had to say on creating the scent:

Esquire: Hello Robert. Who is the character you play in the new promotional film for Dior Homme Parfum?

Robert Pattinson: I guess it’s a continuation from the first campaign in 2013. The original character was someone who’s really listless. There’s a kind of aggressive longing. Of not really fitting in anywhere. [The team] were drawing from archetypal characters: James Dean and Marlon Brando. My character wants to experience everything. He’s never quite at home. He’s trying to define himself in quite a passionate way. And I think as the campaigns have progressed he’s become more romantic and sensual.

Your job is to sell a sense (smell) by creating a feeling and an atmosphere within a commercial. That’s quite a strange gig. Does the scent inform that?

Robert Pattinson: I mean, I’m absolutely atrocious. I’ve realised over the last few hours how bad I am about talking about scent at all [we are speaking at the end of the day, during which Pattinson and Kurkdjian have been doing multiple interviews]. I do have the ability to turn my sense of smell on and off, though – which I find quite a useful skill. It’s interesting to see how Francis approaches his work. The scent was developed a long time before any of the campaign came around. So, yeah, I guess it’s all just really a response to Francis’s work.

From Vogue

Robert Pattinson isn’t new to this. And by this, we mean Dior Homme Parfum and all the sexy, ambery energy that comes along with it. “We have been together for longer than a decade,” the actor says with a laugh on a fall morning. “This was before everybody was working with a fragrance.”

When describing Homme, which was recently re-invented by the fashion house’s creative director of perfumes Francis Kurkdjian, Pattinson says “the scent feels like more of an aura than spraying some perfume on.” With notes of iris flower, vetiver, patchouli, and amber, it’s something he likes to spray on for moments when he’s looking to make a good first impression. Like when he met with director Bong Joon-ho, director of his upcoming project Mickey 17, set to be released in March of this year. “Bong is one of maybe five directors in the world who have his level of expertise and influence. He is a really special artist.”

The actor also points out he’s not new to the more daring moments of the scintillating advertisement for Homme, which involves him riding a motorcycle on a beach. “I learned how to ride a motorcycle for Batman, so when Dior asked if I could ride, I said yeah. Well, I could sort of ride a motorcycle-ish. But even trying to even start a motorcycle in wet sand is literally impossible. I just thought, ‘I’m going to die on this.’”

Add the girl in his arms (literally) and Pattison just has to laugh. “If the Dior man can do this easily, well it’s very impressive.”

8 January 2025

Josh Horowitz interviewed Matt Reeves on the Golden Globes red carpet and managed to ask about The Batman II (starts at about 3.42). Josh asked if he was happy with how the script was progressing to which Matt said yes and again confirmed that they will be shooting this year and that the script has taken longer than he wanted, but that he’s “super excited about what they are doing”. Josh also tried to find out about who the main villian was going to be but of course Matt was very tight lipped but said that it would be surprising to the fans. He also said:

“The story is a continuation in a certain way and completely different in another, and is going to show a different side of Rob and I think it’s going to be really exciting and really cool.”

Finally, Josh tells Matt he’s spoken to James Gunn and whether Rob will be integrated into the DCU and it’s been talked about, but Matt’s attitude is whether it makes sense or not and he’s not sure what the future will bring and he doesn’t know we’ll have to see where that goes, but again Matt reiterated that his main focus is shooting The Batman II.

Watch the video to see whether Matt reads the rumours on line and whether there will be other spinoffs. Howevever, his main priority is to focus on The Batman II – Click to watch.

7 January 2025

Matt Reeves confirms that The Batman II will definitely be shooting this year in the wake of the film being pushed back to October 2027. According to Deadline:

Matt Reeves couldn’t say much about The Batman II, other than “I can tell you that we’ll be shooting this year.”… “We’re doing something where the story continues from, but I hope that people will be surprised by,” said Reeves.

Deadline had heard “through sources previously that the sequel to the $772M-plus grossing 2022 movie was lensing this summer. Given the VFX heavy movie, 2027 is a doable deadline.”

30 December 2024

Whilst promoting Nosferatu, Robert Eggers talks about hoping to work with Rob again (starts at 22:16):

I’m planning to see Nosferatu this week since it’s being released tomorrow. I too hope we see both Robs work together again in the future!

26 December 2024

Variety shared this clip of Matt Reeves talking with Zoe Kravitz about writing his process of writing the script for The Batman and visualising Rob in the role. If you want to read the full by clicking the Variety hyperlink

When #TheBatman director Matt Reeves was writing the film’s script, he imagined Robert Pattinson in the role. | Variety #DirectorsOnDirectors presented by @AmazonMGMStudio https://t.co/uOpiEBMZ57 pic.twitter.com/hEzyVtjzOl

— Variety (@Variety) December 18, 2024

Extract Transcript:

Kravitz: How do you feel about casting? Especially when you’re doing a superhero film where there’s been so many other versions.

Reeves: I had to find a personal way into Batman and then think about how somebody could bring something personal to me. You’re always looking for an internal life that’s going to take what this story is and make us feel like you’re getting a glimpse into what this person’s struggle is. It’s weird: To be totally honest, when I was writing, I was thinking of Rob.

Kravitz: It just popped into your head?

Reeves: Well, I just started thinking about the children of Princess Diana, and the idea of being this orphaned prince. For some reason, I don’t know why, that made a connection to Kurt Cobain for me. And then somewhere in there, someone told me to watch [the 2017 Robert Pattinson movie] “Good Time.” And I was like, “That’s the only person I could imagine as this Batman. I don’t think that I know what it is if it’s not him.” It was weirdly fated, because it turned out that he was obsessed with Batman.

Robert Pattinson may have wanted to be an actor without being a celebrity. But then he turned his fame into its own kind of performance. “I can’t believe this is still going,” he said in an interview with The New York Times Style Magazine. https://t.co/vvTtIFf4Oe pic.twitter.com/qapbbM7Kkn

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 4, 2024

7 December 2024

Thanks to @love_cinema we have four more great photos from this shoot