Robert Pattinson was ‘counting sips of water’ before filming shirtless Batman scene

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Robert Pattinson arrives for โ€œThe Batmanโ€ world premiere at Josie Robertson Plaza in New York, March 1, 2022.
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Robert Pattinson was โ€œcounting sips of waterโ€ before his shirtless scene in โ€˜The Batmanโ€˜.

The 35-year-old actor has revealed the extreme measures he went to for his body transformation before taking on the role of the caped crusader in Matt Reevesโ€™ flick.

In an interview with PEOPLE, he said: โ€œI had about three months before the movie started, and then youโ€™re working out before and after work all the time.

You just cut down and cut down and cut down before the couple of scenes with your shirt off, and youโ€™re counting sips of water.โ€

He then quipped: โ€œShame is my biggest motivator, 100%.โ€

Robert screen-tested in Val Kilmerโ€™s 1995 โ€˜Batman Foreverโ€™ batsuit for the part and had to be โ€œdrained of liquidโ€ because the thick costume made him sweat so much.

Filmmaker Matt recently revealed: โ€œRob did his first [screen test] by himself and he literally was wearing, I believe, Val Kilmerโ€™s Batsuit.

โ€œWhich, by the way, the moment [Pattinson] put it on, that was kind of a crazy moment.โ€

The โ€˜Tenetโ€™ star believes it was a combination of the latex-like suit and being โ€œincredibly nervousโ€ that made him sweat buckets.

Robert continued: โ€œIt was crazy. But I remember putting it on and thinking, โ€˜This is impossible. This is going to be absolutely impossible.

โ€œI mean, wearing a kind of two-inch-thick rubber suit, or latex suit, and being incredibly nervous and full of adrenaline the whole time.

โ€œI remember we did like two takes and people were just saying, โ€˜What can we do about the sweat?โ€™ They were like, โ€˜Nothing! Nothing that can be done.โ€™ I had to be drained of liquid.โ€

Meanwhile, Colin Farrell recently warned that Robert is โ€˜terrifyingโ€™ as the DC superhero.

The 45-year-old actor takes on the role of supervillain The Penguin in โ€˜The Batmanโ€™ and explained that his โ€œinner child was evokedโ€ when he saw him on set in costume.

He said: โ€œRobertโ€™s embodiment of Batman is terrifying and damaged and broken and wounded and empathetic and all those other things. My inner child [was] invoked by seeing this iconic image with his cape flowing in the wind and the sky outside of London back behind himโ€ฆ For me, it was just gorgeous to see this whole thing.โ€

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