Yeah there is a certain type of insanity Morrison's Batman has that I feel Gyllenhaal might be good at capturing, even tho he's not really my favorite and I'd rather have Pace who I think can also play that intense when given the opportunity.He'd be a great batman of zur-en-arrh if anything
I really don't think Gunn would care about the actor's sexuality at all. "We can't cast a gay actor for Batman" seems like the old style Hollywood exec mentality that seems to be completely against Gunn's line of thinking.
I kinda think that, even if you don't buy the fact that Gunn and Safran have 100% authority over DC, the casting over a character as important as Batman is something that neither of them would budge on especially if the rationale to reject it is "We can't have an LGBTQ actor". You could say I'm giving them too much credit but that's something that I do believe they'd fight very hard for to have it go their way.
Pace apparently goes "both ways" like Ezra Miller. And to my knowledge, Miller's role (as the Flash) hasn't been adversely affected by that particular aspect of his life — just everything else!
So, it's really just Pace's age that might present an issue, which would be unfortunate, as he really does look (and sound) the part.
He reminds me a lot of Kevin Conroy in a lot of ways. Not just because of the LGBTQ thing, but because of his Juilliard training, his baritone voice, and seeing a lot of his interviews he has a very similar demeanor as he did, not to mention the baritone voice. Truly believe he may be the only actor that'd succesfully pull off that type of Batman in live action while also giving it his own unique spin.
I like his look. Can't really speak on his acting though, since I don't remember him from Westworld. I will say that I do think for this incarnation there may be a slight chance a PoC actor gets cast, since it'd be an immediate way to set themselves aside from Pattinson. Haven't seen many PoC suggestions though, and I can't really think of many off the top of my head.Martin Sensmeier (Westworld, Wind River, The Magnificent Seven, 1883) for Batman. Age 37. He's actually 32 in these pictures, so he looks a little older now. But I wanted to use pictures from this photoshoot because of how Bruce Wayne-y his hair looks. He's in good physical shape (he was going to play Jim Thorpe in a biopic Angelina Jolie was making, but I guess that fell through, because it never happened). He seems like someone that could pack on a lot of muscle.
I like his look. Can't really speak on his acting though, since I don't remember him from Westworld. I will say that I do think for this incarnation there may be a slight chance a PoC actor gets cast, since it'd be an immediate way to set themselves aside from Pattinson. Haven't seen many PoC suggestions though, and I can't really think of many off the top of my head.
Speaking of Westworld, I saw some Brandon Sklennar of 1923 suggested on Twitter. I didn't really pay much attention to it since I saw some pics of him clean shaven in red carpets and thought he looked a bit ridiculous, but then I saw his small appearance on Westworld and I can kinda see it now:
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He's 30 but looks like he could play older and more mature (in fact you could've told me he was 40 based on these images and I'd have believed it lol) he seems to have a decent enough voice, he's 6'2. Only thing is that I feel he'd have to bulk up a lot to be fully convincing as this type of Batman, but I guess it's not unreasonable to expect that DCU actors will probably go through the same MCU type of transformations.
Not really into it, feels like a better Hal Jordan or something, but it's an option if they really wanna go younger I guess. Wouldn't surprise me to see him in contention for Superman either actually, though he doesn't feel quite right for that either. Something about his eyes.
I just watched some clips of the show and I get what you're saying. His athletic build is good but I feel that, considering the fact that Pattinson is already a Batman with that type of build, it'd be better if DCU Batman had a really distinct look from that, plus I think it'd kinda help him to look more imposing overall and be easier to sell as this Batman that hangs out with gods and stuff; that's part of why I'm extremely sold on Pace right now as well, he's a 180 degree turn from Robert but in a way that fits the character and what they presumably want to do with this version.
Things change a bit when you're trying to lock an actor up for ten years and intend on them appearing across different media (movies, television, animation, video games, etc).
Kilmer was a huge name too thanks to Top Gun & Tombstone (and had a role in Mann's HEAT the same year as Forever), and Clooney was a huge name thanks to ER and had just done a film written by Tarantino. West is the only Bat-actor who wasn't a big name prior to being cast, so I can't really see that trend breaking.
Cumberbatch was a big name who wound up signing onto a huge number of projects with Marvel while still being able to do smaller work on the sides, so I can see them going for someone in that level of fame. If they get Gyllenhaal, the job security of 10 years of Batman would actually encourage him to do a smaller film again in-between haha
Ì agree, which is why I don't think they'll go for an actor in their 30s; they'd genuinely have to look for an unknown to find someone that 100% fits in that age range.
