Robert Pattinson Reacts To The Batman's 15+ Age Rating
Actor Robert Pattinson has a surprising reaction to The Batman's 15+ rating in the United Kingdom. Pattinson is the latest actor to take on the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in a live-action film, appearing in filmmaker Matt Reeves' The Batman, which hits theatres this Friday. In the latest single appearance for The Titular Character since christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises in 2012, Pattinson is accompanied by performers Zoe Kravitz, Colin Farrel, Paul Danno, Jefrey Right, and Andrew Serkkis.
From Tim Burton's Batman until Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the Batman pictures have always been rated PG-13 in the United States. Zack Snyder's Justice League, starring Ben Afleck as Batman, seems to be the only live-action Batman picture to have received a R classification to date (it has a 15 in the UK). The BBFC (British Boards of Film Certification) has given all other live-action Batman movies a classification of 12 or below so far, with some of the more mature-minded animation flicks, such as Batman: The Long Halloween and Gotham By Gas lighting, receiving a higher certificate.
The Batman is the very first Batman movie to be rated 15+ in the United Kingdom, something Pattinson was unaware of. Pattinson was surprised to learn that the film will be a 15, the first since Batman Returns (which was retrospectively changed to a 12A), in an interview with cameron Frew of Unilad. "There's no way. What went wrong?" Pattinson smiles as he says. "I was completely unaware. No way. It's a calamity!, "jokingly, the actor says, perhaps pointing to the box office troubles that would result from younger people being unable to see the picture in theatres.