Hey nerdy list lovers.
I am an vengeance I am the night I am not Batman sadly, but the hunt is on for a new
dark knight because things are shifting once more in the DCEU.
The world was not exactly surprised when the release date of the Matt Reeves Batman film
very clearly that Affleck’s time as Bruce Wayne has come to a close.
This latest Batman film is said to be a noir batman tale, although some fans would contend
that Batman has always been very noiresque anyway, but this film is set to be a more
detective based story that is now looking for it’s detective and you know what that
means if you’ve hovered around fandom for any length of time.
Fancasts, there are official potentials or rumored ones anyway and then there are fans
tossing their hats into the ring.
So today we’re going to take a look at the Top 10 Actors who should play Batman.
This is an eclectic group, and some are people who fans have been trying to get cast for
years., and then there’s what we know director Reeve’s wants and what he cares about and
doesn’t care about.
Rumouredly Reeve’s wants someone in their 20s for a younger batman and the studio wants
someone in their 30s. revees doesn’t care so much about height or build but the studio
does.
So with all that in mind let’s take a look at who people are casting, these are people’s
fancasts not mine.
I’m Sasha and I’m not telling you who I want.
Number 10 – Kit Harrington, yes you heard that right Jon Snow.
While Jon Snow may know nothing certain fans are convinced that the actor could make a
compelling detective.
At 32 the actor would fall into the correct age bracket for the studio and there is definitely
a circle of fans out there who consider him a heart throb.
But some aren’t quite so convinced playing Batman is a dual role one is both the bat
and bruce wayne and not everyone can envision Harrington that way, for some it is the beard
and of course he can shave it off but many fans don’t want him to.
And some just aren’t ready for a bearded Batman.
Number 9 – Richard Madden that’s right keeping with Game of Thrones people or well
ex game of thrones I suppose a more accurate recent statement would be of The Bodyguard
fame.
When it comes to this fan cast we’re talking about intensity, some have seen the menace
and serious authority madden can emit and feel it would be perfect for channeling a
younger bruce wayne, and budding batman.
At 32 he took falls on the younger side of the age bracket but more on the studio side
of things.
However Madden is involved in a dual fancast at the moment as some fans would rather he
play James Bond, even if his odds are not looking the best at the time of this recording.
Number 8 – Daniel Kaluuya, as Batman as Bruce Wayne at least has always been a causcasian
character this is an odd cast for some, and largely has a political bend that has caused
many a twitter fight and for some taken the fun out of the fan cast process.
A fantastic actor the 29 year old actor falls nicely into the age bracket between both studio
and director desires, however he is being selected by some because they feel Batman
should be black to increase diversity, and are attacking others choices, as boring or
argue that Bruce’s race has no bearing on his character while others argue he is one
character where it 100% does.
For some this is just too much drama for a fancast but Kalluya has been put forth more
than once and is not the only poc actor to be put forward but is the one that seems to
have garnered the most controversy.
Share your thoughts on the matter down below.
Number 7 – Oscar Issac while selected for some of thereasons as the above there is a
bit of a shallower rationale behind this fancast and that is pure fandom thirst.
When Isaac played Poe Dameron in 2015s the force awakens a whole generation of fans were
alerted to his charismatic presence and many have been hooked ever since.
These fans feel that Isaac possesses a very important quality for Bruce Wayne suave sex
appeal.
However at 39 he falls pretty far outside the age bracket, still people are wont to
dream.
Side note at the time of this recording Isaac is in talks for something involving a Dune
film which excites me to no end, for he who controls the spice controls the universe.
Number 6 – Aaron Taylor Johnson, now Johnson is appearing on a few more official lists
than fan ones but is still getting some play in that arena.
The 28 year old Jonson is no stranger to the Superhero genre he played the title character
in 2010’s kickass and had a shortlived stint as quick silver in the mcu so fans have seen
him in action in those universes and for some they feel he would be a perfect fit.
Is playing a superhero like riding a bike, only time will tell.
Number 5 –Jake Gyllenhall now this one may be confusing to some as Gyllehanhall is set
to debut in the mcu as Mysterio in the Spider Man Homecoming sequel spider-man far from
home, and usually these two companies try not to have too much overlap.
However, this may be coming from the fact that there were already rumours swirling that
Gyllenhall had been in talks for the role so some feel he was already a contender and
hope that now could be his time as Gyllenhall has been attempting to take on varied roles
over the past few years to try and showcase his range.
However, others feel that if that ship was ever in port it has sailed with his casting
as Mysterio, which hey first live action mysterio that’s still pretty cool.
Maybe better to be the 1st mysterio than the 6th person to play batman in a live action
film.
Number 4 – David Mazouz now this tends to happen whenever there are oncoing or in this
case recently concluding series and films overlapping, the idea of taking actors from
the series and casting them.
Never forget how hard people pushed for Tom Welling as Superman during the era of Superman
Returns.
Mazouz playes bruce wayne on the gotham tv series so is already familiar with the character
and definitely fits the bill for younger in fact at 17 some feel he would be far too young.
However others feel he would bring the curiosity factor people coming to see how he would do
especially as the final season of Gotham sees the character finally assuming is caped identity
so some feel it would be a seemless transition.
What do you think too far fetched or do you like the idea of combining these universes
I mean the DCEU is already pretty confusing would this help or hurt it.
Number 3 – Charlie cox This one is interesting because it’s more meme than fancast a combination
of 2 internet passtimes combining as one.
Some explanation at the time of this recording the Netflix marvelverse is still in the process
of being dismantled to make way for Disney’s streaming service marvel verse.
And some are very sad about the loss of Cox as Daredevil particularly as the third season
was well received.
Some feel it would be a fitting vengeance to see the actor cast in a rival studios project
in a title role.
At 36 some feel the actor is too old and others aren’t ready to give up on daredevil just
yet still singing #savedaredevil petitions.
Though some are serious the daredecil as batman the dark knight of hells kitchen.
Now it’s just the amalgam universe and I’m ok with that.
Number 2 –Armie Hammer now Armie Hammer has been a contender for years since the first
round of new casting post Bale’s stint as the character during the Nolanverse trilogy
people have been putting forth Hammer’s name.
Now that there appears to be another chance people are putting him forward once more and
are even creating some pretty compelling manips.
Also 32 Hammer falls into the studios apparent desired age range., and he was actually already
once cast in a scrapped Batman project by George Miller called Justice League mortal
which was canclled back in 2007 because of you guessed it the nolanverse.
People weren’t ready for multiple verse back in 2007 or at least studios didn’t
think so.
MCU universe launcer Iron Man was still a year away.
So could this be Hammer’s time to shine there seems to be a push from a couple of
corners but only time will tell.
Number 1 – Ben Affleck now hear me out this isn’t a cop out it makes sense.
Not everyone is happy with the fact that Ben Afflecks time is done and in fact his performance
has proved to be quite polarizing.
While now that he is out you are having people saying he was worse than Clooney others feel
he was the best Batman and it was the movies and scripts that fell down.
Some are genuinely sad that they won’t get to see where the arc was going, seeing the
development of the friendship with superman, the romance with wonder woman maybe, an introduction
to dick Grayson a fight with the joker.
In short many people are mourning the lost potential and they don’t want to start all
over again, to have to get invested all over again.
It’s quite the hot topic and people will probably have a better grasp of it in retrospect.
So who do you want to play a potentially Younger Batman and Bruce Wayne, honestly everytime
there’s always drama and backlash and then people ultimately end up having to decide
when the movie is released.
People are too short or the wrong look or well anything.
It’s kind of tiring or maybe I’m just old.
Some people are getting really mad about this fan cast get ready for twitter fights and
change.org petitions.
Share your fan casts down below.
I think the thing I’ve been most excited about in all of this is seeing people fan
cast Cole Sprouse as Terry Mcginess aka Batman Beyond I would watch that movie over and over
no matter how terrible it was, sometimes a fancast just speaks to you and that one speaks
to me.
As for my favourite Batman Kevin Conroy is my Batman forever and for always.
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read them.
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