The Daily Beast has a post up on The Bad Batch and some of Ana Lily Amirpour’s views from the VFF press conference. It’s a good read and give good insight into both Amirpour and how she approached the film. The following was also said about Rockwell (Keanu Reeves’ character):
Arlen is forced to sculpt a new reality for herself, too. She’s outfitted with a leg brace, limping about like Mel Gibson in The Road Warrior, and doesn’t leave her trailer without her revolver. One night, she attends a Burning Man-esque desert dancefest at Comfort presided over by the community’s leader, Rockwell (Keanu Reeves)—a paunchy drug lord with a messiah complex resembling Andy Kaufman’s Tony Clifton character.