“Once the pieces were glued on, we would start painting it, airbrushing different tones and colours to match the skin tone as closely as possible,” said Marino in a recent interview. “Then stubble would be added next, then the eyebrows and the wig pieces. I couldn’t have asked for a better person than Colin to be in the makeup, because his personality is so unique and he did some really interesting things with his face, and added a sort of limp, and it really made The Penguin come alive.” 

For the score, Reeves reunited with composer Michael Giacchino. He told Robert Pattison that before shooting the scenes, he wanted to see him looking in the mirror, Batsuit on, and he want him to put the makeup on. That music helped him to become Batman, and so they listened to that music all the time. 

Matt has created a film in which the vengeance side of this hero drives him. Destruction and rage factor heavily into his journey and he has to come to terms with that and understand that he has to become a symbol of hope. It’s in that symbol of hope that Batman represents that’s most needed today. 

Robert Pattinson also sees this different, exciting spin to the story and finds the emotional pay-off an interesting reversal. “In previous films, Batman thinks the symbol of Batman and what he’s achieved will inspire the city to have a more optimistic outlook and create a brighter future,” said the actor.

“In Matt’s story, Batman is committed to the darkness and nihilism; he doesn’t think that Gotham City is capable of healing itself, but is rather on a downward spiral, and that he’s just fighting a hopeless battle that will end in defeat. I always liked the idea of Batman allowing himself to hope a little bit at the end, which is probably the most painful thing that he has to do, because he has closed himself off from feeling anything. So, it’s actually Gotham that opens him up to the possibility of hope.”