Movie studios go to great lengths to protect movie stories from leaks, and superhero movies are known to take secrecy a step further. Paul Dano recounts his time filming The Batman and the “special binder” who had a “tracking device” to keep everything under wraps.
“Don’t lose this. Put it in your ‘special folder,'” Dano told GQ Hype. “But that was the first time I had a folder with a lock code on it. Then they added a tracking device.”
Dano was the Riddler in Matt Reeves’ film and he shared credits with the likes of Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis and Colin Farrell.
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The actor also revealed how he’s handling fame after starring in the DC Comics film, which he’s glad he’s experiencing now when he was younger.
“I would have been less willing to do a movie like The Batman when I was 25,” he told the magazine. “I think I would have had a really hard time doing all the press and being recognized. And now I can deal with that. The biggest difference now is that I honestly want it to be clearer. For example: I want to be an artist and I want to be an actor, I want to be a director, I really want to do my next film. And, um, I guess I want to be a comic book writer?”
Dano developed backstories for his villainous character to portray him in the film, which Reeves encouraged to create a comic book. That comic book is now a reality and Riddler: Year One is expected to have six issues and be released on October 25th.