If you watched The Batman this weekend, there are a lot of amazing scenes that truly blew you away. However, fans couldn't stop talking about the hallway fight scene where Robert Pattinson's character fights off several bad guys in a dark hallway with only the light from gun muzzles illuminating the way. Interestingly, director Matt Reeves has shared some awesome details about the sequence and confirmed there were no special effects used!
In The Batman, Bruce Wayne goes up against the members of the Falcone crime family in a dark hallway. He takes advantage of the darkness and it makes for a truly jaw-dropping sequence featuring light from gun muzzles. Interestingly, Matt Reeves confirmed during an interview in the Reelblend podcast that he got the idea from War for the Planet of the Apes.
"The genesis of that...I wrote it in the script...I guess I'm fascinated by that idea because I did it War [for the Planet of the Apes] with a CG character. The soldier comes into the tunnels when they're looking for Caesar and Rocket attacks this guy. And I thought, 'What if we take that [for The Batman?]' Because we know that Batman can see into the night because he's wearing these contact lenses and he kills the power," Reeves said.
He continued by stating that he discussed the idea with the stunt team who made it all happen.
"When I was talking to Rob Alonso, who was my stunt coordinator and did second unit, he's responsible for the fighting style because he's a fighter himself. What was so interesting is that Rob Alonso goes 'No, no we don't need to [do it digitally]. We can do it off a reel,'" Reeves said.
"So we did it for real. He got the guys to train and they were really careful with those guns and they're the best at what they do. So what you're seeing is actually a scene that was lit with the muzzle flashes. We split it into three pieces and did each piece until the piece worked," he concluded.
It's a truly awesome confirmation and great use of a talented team. Needless to say, all that work was worth it in the end.
The Batman is now screening in theaters worldwide.
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