Robert Pattinson lied to Christopher Nolan about 'The Batman' audition

Actor Robert Pattinson has revealed that he lied to his Tenet director Christopher lan to make it to screen test for Matt Reeves' superhero movie Batman .

In an interview with Irish Times, British star said that he cited family emergency for his absence from sets of Tenet, but filmmaker was quick to figure out truth.

"It's funny because Chris is so secretive about everything to do with his movies. And n I h to be really secretive about Batman stuff.

"So I h to lie to Chris about having to go for a screen test - I said I h a family emergency. And as soon as I said 'it's a family emergency' he said: 'You're doing Batman audition, aren't you?'' Pattinson said.

34-year-old actor ded that lan's much-anticipated espion thriller helped him in his Batman audition as he h gotten extremely fit from trying to keep up with co-star and former football player John David Washington on sets.

film also features Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Caine, Clemence Poesy, Dimple Kapia and Himesh Patel.

While Pattinson is looking forward to release of Tenet, which has been delayed due coronavirus pandemic, he was shooting for Warner Bros' DC superhero movie when production was shut down amid COVID-19 outbreak.

Batman, which also stars Zoe Kravitz, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, Paul Da and Jeffrey Wright, will release in October 2021.

Im credit: AP