We’ve known for some time now that  in the forthcoming adaption directed by Matt Reeves. The 33-year-old actor previously spoke . While that’s something he clearly can’t control, Robert has now opened up to Time Out about the rumor his Batman role before it was even ficially confirmed. 

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According to Robert, when the news broke to the media he “hadn’t even done the audition.” yet. “It’s just nerve-wracking because I was really excited about it and you think: really, is this how I’m going to lose this role? It’s the most annoying circumstances to lose something,” he explained. He added: “Everyone was like: Is that true, is that true?”,’ he said. ‘And it wasn’t true at the time, I hadn’t got the job. It was pretty terrifying.”

As for life after the film, Robert recently expressed how he would turn to “arthouse ***” if the movie flops entirely. “I’m already remembering what it’s like to talk about a movie where there’s an expectation. Whenever you say anything, people are like, ‘Argh! You idiot!’ Like, dude, I haven’t even started yet! But there is no harsher critic myself than myself, so I don’t need to worry about anyone else,”