He said that the costume was unlike any costume that had been designed for any of the Batman films. He said it wasn't this sculpted, rubber type thing. It was made from leather and titamium and chainmail...all this stuff. He said it weighed up to a hundred pounds. And he said because he's six foot five, by the time he had everything on, the cowl and everything, he was seven feet tall. And he said just the sheer mass of all that changes everything. How you move, like every step you take, has such purpose to it that it makes you intimidating.
He said that the mask was unlike any of the other cowls that had been developed. It was very tight to the face. Kind of like...I would imagine like the way that Neal Adams drew it. And that the face was sculpted with this terrifying, angry kind of anguished look to it. And he said that there are no images of this out there at all. He said that the closest thing that the mask looked like was the scene in Batman Begins when Batman sprays Scarecrow with his own fear toxin, and he sees the demon Batman. He said his Batman looked more like that than any of the other versions.
He said that the scalloped gauntlet on Batman's glove, that it was made...they were titanium and covered in Italian leather, because the costume designer said Bruce Wayne has more money than God, so he is going to have the best of everything. So the utility belt was polished Italian leather. He had titanium and kevlar. There was apparently going to be one scene where Batman tries to use his gauntlet to grab himself as he falls in a wall, and we would see leather being stripped off the "little fins" on his glove to reveal the metal underneath as he tries to dig into the wall to save himself. He said there was no yellow on there, so there was no yellow circle around the bat. Everything just sounded awesome. He said all the gizmos were great.
I really think that if Warner Bros...maybe they'll wait till after the Nolan films...but they could really do themselves a few favors here if they released those pictures, or some of the costume test videos. I mean, look at all the stuff that's begun to leak out about the Tim Burton Superman Returns...all the costume tests that have been done. I'm sure this stuff will get out someday, but I don't want to wait ten years. It sounds really awesome. I want to see it now.
