What sparked my interest in Hush for this saga was seeing how enthusiastic Matt Reeves was about him back in early interviews. I wanted to be able to try and understand what Matt saw in Hush that made him even consider that character.
While there isn’t all that much to go on as far as the comics are concerned, Hush is a very interesting concept and there are many elements and inspirations that Matt can use to elevate him and really give us something exciting and memorable.
At his core, Hush is a highly skilled and intelligent psychopathic neurosurgeon (with skills in other forms of surgery) who’s motivation is to destroy the life and legacy of Bruce Wayne. His MO is to exploit the weaknesses of his opponents and commit crimes using his surgical skills.
I think that it’s important to note that nothing about any character has to be exactly copied and pasted from the comics. Personally, I’ve tried reading as much about Hush as I could to get a general understanding of the character, though there’s no telling how much of the character would be reimagined to fit this saga.
So far, the story involving the Waynes and Edward Elliot is a very good set up to the rivalry between Batman and Hush. It feels more like a deeply personal natural progression rather than a “villain of the week” story.
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