'The Batman' star Robert Pattinson says he refuses to exercise while quarantined: 'If you're working out all the time, you're part of the problem'

• "The Batman" star Robert Pattinson told GQ magazine that he's not exercising at all while quarantined.
• The actor said that the trainer hired by Warner Bros. gave him a Bosu ball and a weight, but he's "just barely doing anything," especially compared to costar Zoë Kravitz who's been working out five days per week.
• "I think if you're working out all the time, you're part of the problem," Pattinson added, saying that such actors "set a precedent" for others.
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"The Batman" star Robert Pattinson says he refuses to workout while quarantined, and thinks that people who exercise frequently are "part of the problem."

"I think if you're working out all the time, you're part of the problem," Pattinson, who stars as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Matt Reeves' upcoming movie, said in a new cover story for the June/July 2020 issue of GQ magazine.

"You set a precedent," Pattinson said of fellow actors.

"No one was doing this in the '70s. Even James Dean — he wasn't exactly ripped," he added, referring to the late actor who was known for roles in "East of Eden" and "Rebel Without a Cause."

Pattinson was in the middle of filming Reeves' movie (now scheduled for release on October 1, 2021) when production was halted in early 2020, due to the spread of the coronavirus. With filming on pause indefinitely, the 33-year-old actor said that he's not focused on staying in shape for his superhero role.

GQ senior staff writer Zach Baron, who interviewed Pattinson, also noted that the trainer hired by Warner Bros. to work with the star gave him a Bosu ball and a weight. But Pattinson has used neither.

"Literally, I'm just barely doing anything," the "Tenet" star said, explaining that Zoë Kravitz, who plays Selina Kyle/Catwoman in the upcoming film, has been working out five days per week while home.

Pattinson also told the publication that the film studio has been sending him food as part of a meal plan.

Mentioning his time starring as vampire Edward Cullen in the blockbuster "Twilight" films, Pattinson added: "The one time they told me to take my shirt off, I think they told me to put it back on again."

Kravitz previously spoke about her experience getting fit for her role as the comic-book character during an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

More recently, she told Vanity Fair that she was still prioritizing exercise.

"It's not like the studio called and said, 'Don't get fat, b----,'" Kravitz said. "But I had been training now for maybe four or five months and the first couple weeks that I self-quarantined, I remember texting the director, I texted Matt and I was like, 'We might have to make the catsuit a few sizes bigger when this is over.'"

Kravitz said that since then, she's "decided to get my s--- together" and virtually work out with trainer David Higgins.

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