Paul Dano says studio tracked all Riddler materials

Paul Dano’s The Riddler was a menacing, Zodiac Killer-esque menace, a cryptic villain that wished to reveal the truths about Gotham Metropolis and Batman. Because it seems, the dealing with of his character was as a lot of an enigma as The Riddler himself.

In a brand new interview with GQ, Paul Dano–who after all portrayed The Riddler on this yr’s The Batman–went into how treasured manufacturing supplies had been dealt with on set. Dano stated that all the supplies he wanted–which may embody  character particulars and script notes–for any given manufacturing day had been onerous copies, versus digital variations. He says he was instructed, “‘Don’t lose this. Put it in your ‘particular binder.’…This was the primary time I had a binder with a locking code on it. Then they added a monitoring machine.” Now that appears like some Riddler-level management.

Paul Dano additionally famous that little or no elsewhere was dealt with by probably compromising means. “When it was stated I used to be going to try this half, I by no means acquired that many texts, cellphone calls, emails.”

Paul Dano’s devotion to The Riddler has been practically unmatched. Earlier this yr, it was introduced he can be writing a comic book e book collection titled The Riddler: 12 months One (an apparent play on Batman: 12 months One) for DC’s Black Label. As per DC’s preliminary press launch: “This collection explores the background of how accountant Edward Nashton went from a easy Gotham Metropolis no person to turning into Batman’s nemesis, setting them on a collision course within the blockbuster function movie.”

Paul Dano’s six-part Riddler collection, which is about previous to the occasions depicted in The Batman, will start circulation on October twenty fifth.

Will you be choosing up The Riddler: 12 months One when it hits cabinets? What are you hoping to learn within the prequel? Tell us your hopes for the collection under!