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Reeves previously told Empire magazine that he was reminded of the 2005 Gus Van Sant film \"Last Days,\" a fictional film loosely based on Cobain's death, while working on \"The Batman.\"

\"I started making this connection to Gus Van Sant's 'Last Days,' and the idea of this fictionalized version of Kurt Cobain being in this kind of decaying manor,\" Reeves said.

\"The Batman,\" starring Robert Pattinson in the title role, premieres in theaters March 4. The cast also features Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano and Jeffrey Wright.

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