

Then, the workout properly began, before ending with a cooldown and a stretch. The pair would begin with warm-ups of running or jumping jacks, followed by intense repetitions of up to 12 different Jiu-Jitsu drills in order to learn the basics of the sport. Machado’s training sessions were brutal an hour to an hour-and-a-half three or four times a week. Robert Pattinson on His Batman Training and Diet.“I think he wanted to get some insight into how martial arts athletes think, and how they do it,” he says.īecause the dark, crime-ridden nights of Gotham wait for no one, Machado and Pattinson got to work… With The Batman on the horizon, Machado believes some martial arts training was the perfect way for Pattinson to get into a fighting headspace. “I think this encouraged Rob to just try out Jiu-Jitsu,” says Machado. Kinnaman had told Pattinson how Jiu-Jitsu had helped him become limber and more focused. I set it up and Rob came to my studio in Beverley Hills.” “He called me one day and told me he had a friend who wants to train with me.

Machado’s route to Batman came about circuitously through another DC cinematic universe alum, The Suicide Squad’s Joel Kinnaman, whom Machado had previously trained. This is the story of how he helped Pattinson unlock his potential.

He even counts Chuck Norris as a good friend. Half a century later, he has trained, by his count, over 400 different actors including Keanu Reeves and Chadwick Boseman. He began his own training at the age of five-years-old. An L.A.-based Brazilian martial arts mastermind, Machado is an 8th-degree red and white belt in Jiu-Jitsu and a former Pan American Champion. He’s already shared his thoughts with us about his Batman training, but what about the prep work? How does the guy from Good Time and Tenet get his body ready to transform into Batman? The Batman? Vengeance itself? In it, Pattinson is intense, brooding and yes, hench. The Batman has been a resounding success, bringing in a new era of Dark Knight storytelling and cashing in megabucks at the box office. And, while Robert Pattinson has gradually built a reputation as one of this generation’s most exciting and unpredictable actors, he’s never been known for his physique. A certain degree of physicality comes with the role. Because Batman isn’t just the cape and cowl. Be honest, did you really expect Robert Pattinson to successfully embody the physicality of Batman? The same Batman who went up against Tom Hardy’s Bane and held his own? The Caped Crusader who also locked horns with Superman.
