I keep trying (and failing, obviously) to not get too attached but I keep going through the choices and I can't find anyone that'd fit /that/ version of Batman (which I also equate to how he's written in most post-Crisis comics. Batman in the Timmverse JL is practically identical to how he behaves in Justice League International) as well as he would. The fact you can literally take audio of him, put it on animated incarnations and have it match perfectly, it's just... wow. I know part of it is he already had an extremely Bruce Wayne-y role but still, it's just kinda insane.
Really dislike for look for it and I checked his acting and it's really nothing special tbh. The Superman connection makes it so it wouldn't surprise me if he ended up auditioning but I doubt he'd get it. Brandon Sklenar is probably the best candidate in the 30s age range.Finalist for Superman. Will be in his mid-30s by the time this movie kicks into gear.
The lack of suitable candidates for this role is really discouraging.
That seems a little random. What makes him a good fit? Oliver Jackson Cohen strikes me as the best in the 30s range for a conventional Batman and feels of a piece with the kind of casting Gunn has been doing so far. All the other great 30 something choices are way too distinctive for what they seem to be going for in the DCU even if we didn't know Morrison was the basis.
I think OJC is a really good actor. My problem with him and the reason I'm kinda writing him off a bit is that I really don't think his actual performance as Batman would be /that/ different from Pattinson tbh. He thrives on roles that to some extent or another let him wear his vulnerability up his sleeve (Even in the one scene he had in Invisible Man he was still desperate and pathetic despite being creepy) which is something he's talked about on interviews as well. He recently did a profile in which he said he realized around 5 years ago or so he doesn't really fit the "manly action man" image his agents kept trying to push initially and how he always feels awkward on those types of roles.
Way too young.I've already come to accept this as the likeliest candidate:
Not that I care, but I would like to remind Batfans that Bruce has 3 step kids, a surrogate daughter, and a biological son all before 32 in the comics.
Only in New 52. Also it's different in comics where yeah you can be careless and handwave nonsensical ages away but also keep drawing Bruce as a mature patriarch vs. In live action where you're relying on getting an actual actor with that visual, which Elordi and the vast majority of actors in their late 20s to early 30s don't have for obvious reasons.Not that I care, but I would like to remind Batfans that Bruce has 3 step kids, a surrogate daughter, and a biological son all before 32 in the comics.
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Also in Rebirth which is the current continuity.
Nah. There the timeline is wonky but they make it clear he and the rest of the heroes have been around for a long while. Also it doesn't really rule out either way the fact that when casting in live action there are practical considerations that don't exist in comics.
Dick Grayson? Sure!
Zatanna or Raven!
