“He stands on the edge and instead of being a kind of fearless Batman, Rob does this wonderful take where he’s like, “Oh, no. This is not good.” And then as he jumps, all of these shots are based on shots that I’ve seen on Youtube of what wingsuiters actually do. To me, what was really important was to put you in the shoes of this character who is out of control. And I wanted to do it in a kind of subjective almost Hitchcockian way, where the shots you would see things from his perspective and you would travel with him. So I wanted to make sure that while that was a heightened reality, that it was as close to reality as possible. So I wanted to make sure that that landing hurt. And he just takes a vicious tumble, and when it’s over, he is just kind of feeling like, “Gosh, am I still alive? And that was the version of Batman that I wanted this to be.” - Director Matt Reeves on the Flight Scene in The Batman (2022)
