As soon as “The Batman” arrived in March 2022, it turned clear simply how central Kurt Cobain was to Matt Reeves’ imaginative and prescient. Not solely does Nirvana’s “One thing In The Means” seem all through “The Batman,” sending the tune to the highest of the charts some 30 years after it was first launched, however Robert Pattinson’s forlorn, brooding Bruce Wayne additionally appeared to embody the spirit of Cobain — particularly as depicted in Gus Van Sant’s dramatized model of his later life, “Final Days.”

Previous to the movie’s launch, Reeves revealed how that was all by design, telling Empire:

“Once I write, I hearken to music, and as I used to be writing the primary act, I placed on Nirvana’s ‘One thing In The Means’ … That is when it got here to me that, reasonably than make Bruce Wayne the playboy model we have seen earlier than, there’s one other model who had gone by way of an amazing tragedy and change into a recluse.”

Evidently revelation got here fairly early within the writing course of. Chatting with Selection, Robert Pattinson defined how, previous to being solid, he’d been checking in with producer Dylan Clark in regards to the standing of a brand new Batman film, and was pleasantly stunned when he was requested to fulfill with Reeves earlier than even seeing a script. Because the actor recalled:

“[Reeves] was simply so pretty and confirmed me a few of the artwork. There was unbelievable art work already executed for it, how he is envisioning Gotham. He had a extremely fascinating take. It was Kurt Cobain, Nirvana references, which as quickly as he stated it, I am like, “Oh! Okay.” That is undoubtedly a distinct angle on Bruce than we have ever actually seen earlier than. He is simply an extremely type, delicate, articulate individual and it simply appeared just like the sort of individual I need to work with.”