The Batman Trailer Breakdown: 20 Things You Must See

13. Our First Look At Alfred

The Batman Andy Serkis Alfred
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LEGO toy leaks aside, this trailer has given us our first look at Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth: Bruce's butler, friend, and most important mentor.

Serkis - who is fresh off the box-office success of Venom 2, which he directed - worked with Reeves on the recent Planet Of The Apes trilogy, so hopefully the two of them were able to translate that chemistry to this Batman project.

Though much has been said about Serkis playing a younger version of Alfred compared to the ones we're used to, we should point out that he's actually 57 years old in real life. Also - and this isn't readily apparent from the way the above shot is lit - Serkis does have a full head of grey hair, and an accompanying grey beard.

Still, any version of Alfred is going to seem young compared to the unparalleled wisdom of Sir Michael Caine, right?

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!