Interview for Nerds & Beyond
Nerds & Beyond : Hello Max and Charlie ! Iām immensely appreciative to get some time to talk to both of you today, so thanks for being here. When you began the process of getting involved in this film, did you know it was a superhero film going into it, or was that a nice surprise ?
Max Carver : Nope. We had no idea.
Charlie Carver : Going into the process, it starts out as an āuntitled studio project.ā The sides you get are usually not from the script itself, so you can kind of infer that itās going to be something ā¦ but no, we had we had no idea. It was a pretty tight turnaround from the audition to getting the job. It was way, way shorter of a window than weāve ever experienced before, but it wasnāt until that call came in that it was like, āOh, yeah, this is The Batman and youāre going to London for six months.ā
Max Carver : We read sides from The French Connection, and I remember I had no idea what it was for. I did not expect to be in this film. I really didnāt.
Nerds & Beyond : What was your reaction when you had that realization of āOh, weāre going to be in The Batmanā ?
Max Carver : Do you want the the press response or the real response?
Nerds & Beyond : Oh, I want the real response.
Max Carver : When you find out youāre going to be in such an iconic franchise, my initial reaction was, āOh, shit.ā And then you just immediately dive in, like āLetās get to work.ā This film is different than anything Iāve worked on, because of just how big it is, how many fans there are, what it means to people. It was really a call to both of us to really do it ā to work our asses off regardless of whatever capacity weāre going to be used. Which made it fun ! It made it so fun.
Charlie Carver : Being on set, it was like being little kids again ā itās Gotham. Like Max is saying with the scale of the production, you go on to the sets and it is four square blocks of Gotham city, you go into the wardrobe department and the costumes are meticulously made where youāre standing across from Batman. So there is this sort of split experience, the part of you thatās trying to do the job, another part of you thatās just being a fan.
Nerds & Beyond : It sounds like youāre both probably prior fans of Batman ā youāre pretty close to my age so Iām assuming you grew up on Batman: The Animated Series just like me. We have some twins that have been featured in the comics and in the animated series as well, but we didnāt get to dive into just who these two are in The Batman. Did either of you create a backstory for your characters ?
Max Carver : Yes ! For me, what was very apparent from the script is that we were essentially shadowing The Penguin the whole time. What became a blast was was creating that world ā asking general questions of, or wondering about, āWell, how did we get pulled into the Iceberg Lounge working for this organization ?ā You wonder what our charactersā day to day is like. Then the magic of actually being on the project is getting to spend time with Colin [Farrell] and when heās The Penguin and when heās just being Colin ā developing this kind of connection and these relationships. So that, to me, is what is the most exciting.
Charlie Carver : But to really answer your question ā¦
Max Carver : Iām answering the question the way I wanted to answer it, Charles !
Charlie Carver : I think it was important to be aware of and open to these backstories that have come before us. But I think whatās so great about what Matt Reeves did is this wasnāt an origin story, per se, because it was year two of Bruce being Batman, but you are seeing the seeds of things that I think will become more familiar across this expanded bat-verse, whether itās in the HBO properties or the sequels. I canāt speak to any of whatās going on in the future, but itās super exciting. Iām excited for myself and for all of the other fans.
Nerds & Beyond : I do hope that we get to see you guys again in either The Penguin HBO series or the sequel thatās coming up as well. I appreciate your time again, and I hope you both have a great day.
Max Carver : Thank you, thank you. You too.
Charlie Carver : Thank you !
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