The Dark Knight begins again in THE BATMAN, a mystery-thriller blockbuster that explores the cape crusader’s universe in a brand new way.

Desde Hollywood participated in a virtual press conference with filmmaker Matt Reeves and cast members Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, and John Turturro.

Read below some of the most interesting things that the talented artist had to share!

THE BATMAN is now playing in theaters nationwide.

Robert Pattinson on Batman being a vulnerable human being.

“He’s just a man in an armored suit. But this (film) really embraces that, and it makes it more interesting to play in a lot of ways. I loved all the kinds of frailties he has. I mean, the scene when he’s jumping off and using his cape for the first time. Batman has always been kind of fallible.”

Paul Dano on the film’s immersiveness, Batman’s symbiotic relationship with his foes, and not taking props home.

“I loved how immersive it was from the opening shot till the end. I love when you watch a movie, and a filmmaker takes you in (from) frame one and pulls you through right till the end, and as an audience member, you have no choice but to give over to the movie,” Dano said. “It’s just the best feeling to me as an audience member. … I can’t wait to see fans react to this movie.”

“I love the idea that you can’t really have Batman without his villains or his rogues’ gallery. I love that you couldn’t have this Riddler without Batman… There’s some boundary there that is really beautifully explored. And there’s more murkiness to the film’s morality.”

“One of the things you try to fool yourself as an actor is to let the clothes and props contain so much of the energy for you, so you don’t feel like you are going too mad.

Matt Reeves on his biggest influences, from previous films to comics.

“On the comics front, you know, I did a deep dive and read so many comics and I mean, there are a few, I would say tonally that Year One. There was something in the tone of that, it was grounded in a way and also felt cinematic in a way that reminded me of like an, a, an American 70s movie or something. You know what I mean? It felt like there was, there was actually in the notes, there’s a scene where Batman has to adopt another persona. Bruce has to adopt another persona because he’s so famous. He can’t walk around as Bruce. So he goes to the east end, he puts a scar on and he’s got this kind of bomber jacket on. And in the notes Frank Miller wrote to [David] Mazzucchelli for the drawings that, you know, he should look like the Bruce looked like he just won the Travis Bickel look alike contest. So there was something in that idea that I was like, oh, this tone is really something. And then, Ego by Darwyn Cooke was really important because it was really dealing with the psychology of being Batman. The idea of the beast within him, in kind of an internal struggle, which I thought was really captivating and informed it.”

“I would say ‘The Long Halloween,’ Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale was super important because it was this idea of the kind of serial killer who was, who had a series of crimes. And the idea of Batman getting kind of caught up in that as the world’s greatest detective, I felt like, okay, if drawing from those, I think on the comic book front, it was really important. And then as far as the movie, that was inspirational, there’s a way in which Gordon and Batman in this movie are Woodward and Bernstein. You know what I mean? There’s the whole thing, all this corruption and how high does it go? And so it’s kind of like all ‘The President’s Men’ and there’s a bit of ‘French Connection’ and there’s a bit of ‘Taxi Driver’ and there’s a bit of, you know, it’s neo-noir like Alan J. Pakula’s ‘Klute’ – the relationship between Klute and Bree Daniels very much informs the relationship between Batman and Selina. So there were a lot of those kinds of 70s movies that were to me are the movies that really inspired me to make movies in the first place.”

Reeves on how the sound design and Michael Giacchino’s musical score are crucial to the film.

“That Batmobile chase, you feel like you’re just in it. That was the intention, to make sure that you felt the visceral quality of the film. If Batman is knocked out, you’re going out with him in a classic noir way, and the sound helps to make that transition. The music by Michael is incredibly emotional. There’s this kind of obsessive drive of Batman that is (in) his (musical) theme.”

THE BATMAN is now playing exclusively in theaters.

When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city’s hidden corruption and question his family’s involvement.