Josh Brolin Was Very Close To Playing Batman Instead Of Ben Affleck
Superhero films have seen many actors portray characters in both the Marvel and DC universes, and star Josh Brolin was almost added to that growing list. The MCU star was apparently very close to signing on to play Batman in Warner Bros.' DCEU.
Aside from his many critically acclaimed roles in Oscar winners such as No Country for Old Men,Sicario, and Dune, perhaps a couple of Brolin's most popular ones in recent years stem from the Marvel universe, where the actor gained much praise for his now-iconic role as the mad titan Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as Cable in Deadpool 2. Now, Brolin has opened about losing the role of Batman.
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Speaking with Josh Horowitz on hisHappy Sad Confused podcast, Brolin recalled how he was once in the running to be cast as the caped crusader in Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a role that ultimately piqued his interest when finding out it would involve a certain level of risk. "That was interesting to me," Brolin said. «Again, because something that is set up to not work at all, or to work flyingly — I like those odds. I like playing with those odds. I'm like, 'Am I the guy who's gonna make it all fail?'»
«I didn't think [he] was bad, but you talk to Clooney and he's still talking about it – and it wasn't his fault,» Brolin continued, of course referring to George Clooney's infamous take on the comic book character in 1997's Batman & Robin. «That was before Deadpool 2,» Brolin said of Snyder's film. "...it would have been the older, more raspy [version] for lack of a better word… Honestly, that would have been a fun deal, and maybe I'll do it when I'm 80."
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