The Batman director Matt Reeves revealed that the movie’s villain Paul Dano “loves” taking retakes and they took “70 or 80 takes” of the Riddler and Batman’s final confrontation scene in the 2022 DC comic book.

Dano starred as The Batman’s antagonist opposite Robert Pattinson. The blockbuster hit movie accumulated $771 million worldwide.

As reported by Variety, the director shared, “Paul loves doing a lot of takes, as do I. We took two days on the final scene between him and Robert Pattinson as Batman. We must have easily done 70 or 80 takes. Paul loves exploring. He’s obsessive that way.”

Matt continued, “There were all these moments as the Riddler where he’d be tickled by something and then fly into a rage. You never knew from take to take where that switch would come.”

Recalling the shoot days, The Pallbearer filmmaker mentioned that he used to control his laughter because Dano would do something surprising.

“I’d be sitting there with the headphones on, trying to stifle my laughter because he’d always do something surprising. Paul would ask me: ‘Was that crazy? Was that too much?’ I’d say: ‘No it’s fantastic. Let’s do another,’” he mused.

Last year, Matt shared that one scene required the Prisoners famed actor to record his voice for the Riddler character and it took him 200 takes.

The father of 1 said, “[Paul Dano] goes, ‘OK, let me try one where I’m off camera and I stick my head in. Let me try one where I’m already sitting there.’”

“He’s directing this one-person play on an iPhone…It was the giddiness that really got to me. Calling out the passing time, like he was a game show host. He was so inventive and creative. He’s also very critical of himself,” he concluded.

Matt Reeves' upcoming movie The Batman 2  will hit theaters on  October 3, 2025.