I think Robert Pattinson might surprise me doing a very good and fresh job with Batman, but I think I like the idea of him more as a Joker-like villain than Batman.
I recommend seeing The Guest in order to see what I'm talking about. He has a slim and tall build which I think works well in the batsuit, a certain gravelly aspect to his voice without being over-the-top about it, an expressive jawline, the most intense eyes, and he's really good in my perspective at portraying characters struggling with inner demons (Apostle is another example): https://youtu.be/y0E2Qh6wLS4 https://youtu.be/J1JdWOqc9Q8
I think he also equally play that millionaire Playboy side perfectly as Bruce Wayne while giving a sense of sophistication but also calculating, complicated, that sort of thing. I think he'd be awesome:
Daniel-Day Lewis definitely as an older Bruce Wayne!! I can't picture Dan Stevens, mostly because he seems too blondish. But I know there's a lot that can be done with hair and makeup. Jawline, yes. Good call on those choices.
He can pull off that darker look surprisingly well in my opinion, like so:
Mostly I see him as a very intense Batman... more Dark Knight material, and maybe the type that would have you questioning if he's quite right in the head. :-D But I dig that sort of image for Batman.
He's also naturally a bit towards quite slim. He bulked up a bit for some roles like The Guest but I always found with those big armored suits (like Peter Weller in Robocop as an extreme example) that the slimmer builds seem to carry them much better. It's like there's already too much much mass on the body to look reasonably mobile if the guy is built in a sturdier way.
Also like the idea of Michael Fassbender a bit, although I'm not sure how well he'd look in the batsuit... but he can definitely do a very complex character, and would almost certainly excel for the Bruce Wayne part in my opinion. I like ideas in this kind of vein if you can spot a pattern. I'm questioning if they can pull off that Bruce Wayne side with the deepest sense of sophistication and class, but also maybe a bit distant, calculating with a lingering coldness in their performance, subtle hints of emotions, something of this sort. Then second, and of lesser interest to me, is the more action-oriented roles in the batsuit although I think it's still pretty important for the right kind of screen presence.
I hope they kind of stick to the more serious and darker element over the more whimsical kind of Tim Burton approach to it. I actually like Pattinson sometimes but when he plays characters that are completely bonkers like in Cosmopolis or Good Time... but that's where I see him more suitably playing villain -- he has kind of crazy eyes: https://youtu.be/PvYyKTZtUG0
I'm not sure if it's entertaining or not. The characters sort of talk over each other. It's oddly disconnected. I don't know what it means. :-D It just made a lasting impression on me of a kind few films do, and when films do that to me, I dig it... even if I'm not sure what to make of it on viewing.
That's what sold me on RP as a competent actor though. He was never anything but bland to me elsewhere. Then I also saw Good Time and I thought he was quite decent there as a small-time criminal.
It's difficult for me these days to think so many amazing young actors or actresses. It might be a generational bias, or me not paying as much attention to new films or some kind of bias of sorts... but I don't know. It seems like they get wetter-behind-the-ears and younger-looking the older I get. :-D I can't think of too many prodigy equivalents of like a young DDL, or young Al Pacino, or young Dustin Hoffman, or even Tom Cruise, Susan Sarandon, Nicole Kidman, Kathy Bates, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, etc. etc. etc... or even someone as bizarrely charismatic as a Nic Cage these days, or even Jean-Claude Van Damme (maybe not a good actor like an Arnie or Sly, but has a screen presence I find lacking these days). To me they the majority seem like "teen drama" material -- I'm almost certain my eyes are biased. :-D
Karl Urban is another one I think might be quite good -- and he certainly has a most expressive scowl even with a mask on, and he can look quite sharp in a suit:
And certainly the gravelly voice. He has an unusually expressive jaw area -- that scowl in the Dredd film expresses a whole lot: https://youtu.be/y7TmC0Lfsbo
Already picturing Karl Urban using the same kind of overall voice he used in Dredd as Batman... "I'm batman." That absolutely works! Might be too similar to Dredd though.
If you haven't seen Dredd, I think that's a most excellent one (not to be confused with cheesy Sly flick). It's a very straightforward action flick -- just one day in the life of Judge Dredd -- which keeps the pacing gripping and suspenseful the entire time. But I think he can emote a whole lot even with just his lower-face exposed the whole time -- you never see him unmasked once in the whole film but he communicates a great deal in spite of it. I might pay a bit more attention to these things given my weird upbringing bouncing between cultures -- I got used to paying a lot of attention to facial expressions and voices as a vital part of communication to kind of help me piece together what the words meant as I was learning new languages like English. But I'm definitely seeing a most perfect Batman there at least in the suit -- not sure about Bruce Wayne but I imagine he could pull off Bruce Wayne quite well.
@October808 I have to check out AC. I think Michael Fassbender is a great actor but I kind of avoided AC since I don't always have the best image of films based on games.
When Kevin Conroy first started doing Batman the Animated Series he was my top choice. He had the voice, the acting chops, the physique and the jawline. Now he'd be closer to the older Bruce Wayne seen in Batman Beyond.
Well Steven Seagal likes kung fu, Asians, is huge, and likes justice a little too much. Hand in glove, he also wears bullet proof clothes on a regular lol
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I think people are being too harsh on him. They said the same exact things about Micheal Keaton and also Ben Affleck both of which I think did a good job (I think for Affleck the problem was not his acting but the writing which was awful). So I am willing to wait and see what happens before throwing him under the bus.
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It's kinda weird why Robert Pattinson would accept this role. I mean the target audience of this silly cartoon action figure wouldn't be able to comprehend his typical character (e. g The Lighthouse, The King, The Rover, Good time, High Life, etc. ). They'd probably want someone like a 3rd rate stunt actor Hollywood """martial artist""" for the role.
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Anyone can play batman for me
They don't last long anyway
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If Ben Affleck played him when he was younger, he would have been perfect. I'm not talking about in the 90's. The way he looked in The Town is what I'm referring to.
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