We all know that the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman in Zack Snyder’s MAN OF STEEL sequel, BATMAN VERSUS SUPERMAN, caused more than a little controversy. Most fans were disappointed that NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN’s Josh Brolin had not been chosen.
Speaking recently, the star of this summer’s SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR admitted that talks between himself and the director did not go as hoped.
“Me and Zack had a conversation about it, and there were several reasons why we said it wasn’t the best idea on both sides. I had mine and Zack had his.”
“To me it’s not about being cool and all that stuff. Looking back over your shoulder and saying that one line everyone’s going to remember? Maybe I could do that. But I do roles that aren’t necessarily all that cool. All my stuff is a little off.”
Brolin also weighed in on the fan reception to the casting news, stating how upset he was with how the masses treated one man.
“People were so disrespectful,“How can you blame an actor for acting? I understand you’re a fan, but people forget that actors are human. When you’re sitting in front of a computer it’s easy to go, ‘Well, I wish he would die. Send.’ But somebody’s going to read that. Their kids are going to read it and the wife is going to read it. We’re so computer-oriented that we forget.”
It appears if Brolin had got his way we would have a dark, brooding Batman, but it seems that Snyder is going down the cool, wise-cracking route.
Source: Yahoo! Movies
Kat Hughes is a UK born film critic and interviewer who has a passion for horror films. An editor for THN, Kat is also a Rotten Tomatoes Approved Critic. She has bylines with Ghouls Magazine, Arrow Video, Film Stories, Certified Forgotten and FILMHOUNDS and has had essays published in home entertainment releases by Vinegar Syndrome and Second Sight. When not writing about horror, Kat hosts micro podcast Movies with Mummy along with her five-year-old daughter.
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RxPhantom
Apr 1, 2014 at 1:32 am
“It appears if Brolin had got his way we would have a dark, brooding
Batman, but it seems that Snyder is going down the cool, wise-cracking
route.”
That’s a huge leap to make based off of that little blurb. So much so that it precludes me from taking the author seriously.
MrRicard
Apr 1, 2014 at 4:27 am
I agree for the most part. What’s really funny is that Brolin said, “how can you blame an actor for acting?”. Lol, that’s what Affleck does? News to me.
wat
Apr 1, 2014 at 4:32 am
Right? There was absolutely no context in Brolin’s statement to make that stupid assumption lol
wat
Apr 1, 2014 at 4:33 am
Most fans were disappointed Brolin wasn’t chosen? He wasn’t even a popular fancast.