Apropos of nothing, I recently came to a conclusion about my dream DC Comics casting.
I never liked any of the choices for Batman/Bruce Wayne. Michael Keaton felt too nervous and squirrelly. Val Kilmer is more of a surfer than a playboy tycoon. Clooney looked rich enough, but didn’t have the physical presence or the shadowy demeanor. Christian Bale scanned too adolescent.
I think they found the perfect actor… and his name is Henry Cavill. Unfortunately they cast him as Superman.
If I were to rewrite history, I’d make Henry Cavill Batman/Bruce Wayne, and for Superman I’d go back to Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), who really nailed the ageless Adonis quality you want for a paragon of idealism and virtue.
@miksimum I commented elsewhere the other day that I thought Cavill was wasted on the Snyder material (I thought he could've been fantastic for the 'paragon of idealism & virtue') - that said, I also thought Routh was wasted on the material they gave him as Superman. He was fine, the material not so much - I remember one reviewer commenting that Marsden, as the jilted boyfriend, was braver & more heroic than Superman. That was the material, not Routh.
@FeralRobots Im pretty much right there with you on these actors as Superman. Both are great actors, and Man of Steel was cool, with Cavill bringing awesome screen presence. It’s more the Batman side that’s prompting this thread… like I said, I’ve never been fully convinced by any Batman casting (Keaton, my favorite, I’d give a B+\A-).
I admit I really liked Christian Bale in Batman Begins, but that’s because he works for me as “Bruce Wayne as a lad”
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