Rewatched cosmopolis and w/ Pattinson playing #Batman realized it actually serves as a brutal deconstruction of the billionaire Bruce Wayne persona. (Character) thread...

...(The always incredible) Sarah Gadon as Vicky Vale, who sees through Bruce’s arrogance for the weakness underneath...

...Kevin Durand as a younger Alfred, Bruce’s brutally capable bodyguard whose loyalty curdles into resentment for Bruce...

...Juliette Binoche as a Mrs. Robinson spin on Selina Kyle/Catwoman, a woman who allows Bruce to indulge his true, primal self...

...Jay Baruchel as Lucius Fox, the overworked and anxiety-addled head of Wayne Enterprises who's at his wit’s end trying to appease Wayne’s demands and whims...

... Mathieu Amalric as the Joker, a chaos agent leading the working class of Gotham to riot and throw dead rats at and pie smash elites all over town...

Samantha Morton as a female Luthor, Wayne’s business competitor and peer...

... Philip Nozuka as Dick Grayson/Robin, the young and brash protege who Wayne is both invested in and completely frustrated by...

...Paul Giamatti as Oswald Cobblepot aka The Penguin, a man whose desire to hold Wayne responsible for his actions leads to the only actual connection Wayne has in the entire movie...

...and finally Pattinson himself, who imbues the billionaire playboy w/ hubris masking a deep-seeded and desperate need to feel something, anything, even if its his own pain and death. (/thread)