In an interview with Female, Michael Caine mentioned his portrayal of Alfred Pennyworth and the way he represents the extra humanistic facet of Bruce Wayne:
“I believed it was nice as a result of the butler is the human consultant of all of us in the midst of the film with all these extraordinary characters, which is form of a specialty of mine. I’ve all the time performed very human form of characters. So for me, that was nice. And I might by no means been in a type of nice huge blockbusters.”
In addition to being one of the crucial humanizing characters within the movies, he is additionally Bruce’s partner-in-crimefighting. “Batman Begins” and “The Darkish Knight” each function sequences that present Alfred serving to Bruce with logistics for a few of his greatest feats within the movies.
Look no additional than the sequence in “The Darkish Knight” the place Alfred helps Bruce get a pilot and an alibi for his journey to Hong Kong to kidnap mob accountant Lau, all whereas offering a historical past lesson on the Fulton surface-to-air restoration system. Alfred is a supporting participant for many of those films, however he’s instrumental in advising Bruce and serving to him in his outings as Batman.
