Nicholas Hoult revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that he was driving in Los Angeles when he heard on the radio that Robert Pattinson was the top casting choice for the title role in Matt Reeves’ “ The Batman .” It came as a shock to the actor, considering he was set to audition for Batman the next weekend. Hoult ultimately lost the role to Pattinson.
“Yeah of course it’s an emotional blow,” Hoult said about losing out on Batman. “Your imagination does not know..
.you are aware on a practical level: ‘I know I am auditioning against Rob.’ And Rob is fantastic in that movie.
That was the right decision. But you get excited by the prospect. Matt [Reeves] is a fantastic director and the script.
It’s a cool movie and I want to be a part of it. It’s a brilliant character. There’s a weird period before you can get to the acceptance and see the movie and be like that was the right choice, you go through the period of ‘what could I have done different? Why not me?’ You run through all those things.
” Hoult said auditioning for a big comic book role is “a lot to put yourself through emotionally,” especially because now casting rumors and contenders get reported on in the trades in real time. “I remember a week before we did the Batman test, I was driving in my car and I had the radio on and they were talking on the radio how Rob was going to be the new Batman,” Hoult said. “And I was like, ‘It’s not confirmed yet! I’m auditionin.
