Josh Brolin is look back to the time when he almost becameBatmanin the DCEU . After Christopher Nolan ’s Dark Knight trilogy , Warner Bros. begin working with Zack Snyder to create a share cinematic universe similar to the MCU . The DCEU began in 2013 with Snyder’sMan of Steelbefore a new version of Batman was put in in the following movie , Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice . Ben Affleck face examination when he was first chuck as Batman , but the actor would take back forJustice League , reshoots forZack Snyder ’s Justice League , and is also   come back as Bruce Wayne in   2023’sThe Flash .

Brolin has had a successful playing calling , but   his funny account book movie roles have been some of his most successful . Brolin had a starring role inAvengers : Infinity WarandAvengers : Endgameas the unrestrained Titan Thanos . During his stint in the MCU , Brolin also appear alongside Ryan Reynolds in 2018’sDeadpool 2as the   time - traveling mercenary   Cable . While Brolin has seen the most success from appear in Marvel movies over DC adventures likeJonah Hex , Brolin was being considered to play Bruce Wayne inBatman v Superman . That being sound out , his Batman casting was only in the other stagecoach of discourse before Affleck was cast .

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Comic book art: Batman faces the four Robins: Nightwing Dick Grayson, Red Hood Jason Todd, Red Robin Tim Drake, and Robin Damian Wayne.

Brolin in brief mentioned his near Batman casting while on theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast with Josh Horowitz . The actor confirms that it was Snyder ’s decision not to move forrad on his casting but that he found the persona interesting . Brolin carry on that his version would have been an older and more raspy version of Batman , which   Horowitz compared to Frank Miller ’s version of Batman inThe Dark Knight Returns . Brolin ’s full comment can be read below :

Yeah . That was interesting to me . That was his decision . That was n’t my decision . That was his decision . Again , because , like something that is set up to not knead at all or to operate flyingly . I care those odds . I like play with those odds . I ’m like ' am I the guy   who ’s gon na make it all fail ? ' By the style , who I did n’t think was bad , but you make love , you talk to Clooney and he ’s still joking about it . It was n’t his fault . He loves the nipple joke and that was all Joel . But , you know , he did n’t do anything wrong .

Again , that was beforeDeadpool 2 . It would have been the older , more raspy , for want of a better give-and-take . Honestly , that would have been a merriment slew and possibly I ’ll do it one day when I ’m 80 .

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Even though Brolin did n’t end up play Batman , it ’s still potential he could one day put on the mantle and hood . Michael Keaton and Affleck are both make for BatmaninThe Flashdue to the celluloid ’s multiverse storyline . Robert Pattinson is also playing a different version ofBatmansince Warner Bros. has been more focussed on making solid standalone project instead of a jumbo cinematic universe of discourse like Marvel . Since the studio apartment clearly does n’t have a problem with multiple doer playact the same character at once , aDark Knight Returns - style story with Brolin should n’t be completely ruled out as a possibility .

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