Ben Affleck's Batman suit takes multiple costumers and several minutes, according to the designer.

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Batsuit designer Michael Wilkinson said that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder wanted to address the problem of Batman being unable to turn his head in the cowl. The results work, but with some time investment."It’s a very important thing to Zack that the Batsuit would be comfortable and very flexible but then would be able to perform in a very natural and forceful way," Wilkinson told Fashionista . He said the neck pieces was one of the top priorities for Snyder, mentioned in one of the very first meetings, and "a lot of incredible engineering went into the development of the new black cowl."He added that it involves "multiple customers" and called it a "six-handed operation." Each time Affleck gets into the suit, it takes 25 minutes.After all that work, Wilkinson says he's looking forward to hearing feedback:

"It's no longer a designer in his workroom pushing a costume out into the world and that's it. There's a real sense of conversation and engaging in a dialogue about this stuff."

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