Josh Brolin Reflects on Almost Being Zack Snyder’s Batman in the DCEU
Josh Brolin is looking back to the time when he almost became Batman in the DCEU. After Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, Warner Bros. began working with Zack Snyder to create a shared cinematic universe similar to the MCU. The DCEU began in 2013 with Snyder's Man of Steel before a new version of Batman was introduced in the following movie, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Ben Affleck faced scrutiny when he was first cast as Batman, but the actor would return for Justice League, reshoots for Zack Snyder's Justice League, and is also coming back as Bruce Wayne in 2023's The Flash.
Brolin has had a successful acting career, but his comic book movie roles have been some of his most successful. Brolin had a starring role in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame as the Mad Titan Thanos. During his stint in the MCU, Brolin also appeared alongside Ryan Reynolds in 2018's Deadpool 2 as the time-traveling mercenary Cable. While Brolin has seen the most success from appearing in Marvel movies over DC adventures like Jonah Hex, Brolin was being considered to play Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman. That being said, his Batman casting was only in the early stages of discussion before Affleck was cast.
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Brolin briefly mentioned his near Batman casting while on the Happy Sad Confusedpodcast with Josh Horowitz. The actor confirms that it was Snyder's decision not to move forward on his casting but that he found the role interesting. Brolin continues that his version would have been an older and more raspy version of Batman, which Horowitz compared to Frank Miller's version of Batman in The Dark Knight Returns. Brolin's full comment can be
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