Acclaimed cinematographer Greig Fraser recently discussed his work on “The Mandalorian” and “The Batman” with Collider and in regards to the latter, he understandably couldn’t say much.
Matt Reeves is helming the new “The Batman” film with Fraser lensing it for him. One thing the cinematographer could confirm is that the new film will go heavily into the relationship between Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) and Alfred Pennyworth (Andy Serkis):
“[What] I can tell you is what some of the actors have gone away and said. It is a character based movie about the characters, about Andy Serkis’ character and Robert Pattinson’s character. It’s a very good script, like all of Matt’s scripts it’s very good, very well thought out.”
Fraser went on to discuss what makes Reeves such a great choice to helm the film and how everyone involved understands the pressure of working on such a big property:
“We’re having a ball making it. We’re going our best. It’s a lot of pressure. I don’t think Matt takes non-pressure movies. To do the American version of Let the Right One In, that’s a huge pressure. To do the Apes movies which I think a lot of people have a lot of vested interest in is a lot of pressure. So Batman is a lot of pressure. He’s gutsy, he’s a gutsy director.
Naturally casting is a big part of it, but it’s the work of a very, very good director to have you find emotion in things that are innately unemotional. I’m talking about animals, apes. He did a brilliant job with that. So I’m excited to be working with him currently on Batman.”
“The Batman” is expected to resume shooting in the United Kingdom in coming weeks.
