Gary Oldman & Jeffrey Wright Throwback Photo Unites Batman's Jim Gordons
The Batman's Jeffrey Wright shares a throwback photo featuring himself and fellow-Jim Gordon-actor Gary Oldman together ahead of Matt Reeves' film's release. Wright is the latest actor to portray the Gotham City Policeman in Reeves' take on the Caped Crusader. Oldman portrayed the character throughout Christopher Nolan's trilogy of films.
One of Batman's closest allies in Gotham, Commissioner Jim Gordon is one of the few individuals in the GCPD who the hero trusts, as well as the father of Bat-family member Batgirl. Introduced in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939, Gordon is one of the most notable n0n-superpowered characters in DC Comics and has since appeared in many pieces of media adapting the comics. From Adam West's Batman to the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher films and the DCEU, the character has appeared in each adaptation of the character, even leading his own series in Gotham. Wright was cast as Gordon in 2019, and audiences will soon be able to see his take on the GCPD officer, who has not yet ascended to the organization's highest office.
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Posting the photo on both Twitter and Instagram, Wright shares an image of a black-and-white photo taken of himself and Oldman. Accompanying the image, he writes, "Two Gordons. 1995. Gotham City. Pass the light," along with the March 4 release date for The Batman. The image depicts Wright and Oldman during the production of 1996's Basquiat, in which the pair starred alongside David Bowie, Christopher Walken, and Willem Dafoe. Wright plays Brooklyn-born postmodernist/neo-expressionist artist Jean-Michael Basquiat in the film, while Oldman portrays fellow artist Albert Milo, a character based on the
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