Brave and the Bold Casting Thread

[SwordOfMorning]

I really think Gosling would be more suited for characters like Flash, Booster Gold, Animal Man, Catman, etc.

I know he can do more than just comedy, but comedy seems to be one area in specific where he really excels at so if he were to join a superhero franchise I'd rather have it be in a role where he can use his full strengths as an actor. Batman doesn't seem like the best pick for him, and to be honest he doesn't seem like the best pick for Batman either. There are more ideal picks for Gosling and there are more ideal picks for Batman as well.

He also strikes me as a bizarre match for Corenswet. It's just a weird pairing that I don't think would work well.

He'd be great as literally any of those characters because he's a generational talent and one of the best working actors. I guess he'd be a bit of a weird match with Corenswet because he's such a huge name and, not to be mean to Corenswet, a much better actor but ultimately that doesn't seem very relevant to how huge a boon it would be to them to land someone of Gosling's stature. From a cynical perspective, I also think casting him would be such a gigantic deal that it would move this movie out of The Batman's shadow.

I'd take Gyllenhaal or Pace over him just as personal taste, but he'd be stellar. Zero interest in him being in this movie, mind you, unless Muschietti is not only replaced but replaced by someone par with Matt Reeves or Nolan then I'd rather he not waste his time on this given how choosy he is with his roles.

 

[old city outlaw]

I wouldn't necessarily pick him over Lee Pace, Oliver Jackson-Cohen or Jake Gyllenhaal but Josh Hartnett is getting a lot of positive buzz for his role in Oppenheimer.

It would be interesting to see him up for the role after reportedly being considered by Nolan for Begins nearly 20 years ago.

 

[TMP98]

I wouldn't necessarily pick him over Lee Pace, Oliver Jackson-Cohen or Jake Gyllenhaal but Josh Hartnett is getting a lot of positive buzz for his role in Oppenheimer.

It would be interesting to see him up for the role after reportedly being considered by Nolan for Begins nearly 20 years ago.

I'd take Hartnett over any of the current fan-casts besides Gyllenhaal and Gosling. His last 2 performances in Black Mirror and Oppenheimer really impressed me

 

[Invader Joker]

I wouldn't necessarily pick him over Lee Pace, Oliver Jackson-Cohen or Jake Gyllenhaal but Josh Hartnett is getting a lot of positive buzz for his role in Oppenheimer.

It would be interesting to see him up for the role after reportedly being considered by Nolan for Begins nearly 20 years ago.

I like Hartnett's look and voice for it. Can't speak for his acting since I haven't seen him in anything, but assuming he's a good actor like everyone says he is I think he'd be cool. He also recently said he regretted not taking the Batman Begins thing after all and that he misjudged the genre at the time (Also even with Oppenheimer his career is still in the dumps so he'd be insane to turn down this)

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Hartnett isn't a very exciting choice but if they're casting slightly older I suspect he's a realistic one.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

I love Hartnett for it

Josh Hartnett
Ryan Gosling
Jake Gyllenhaal
Oliver Jackson Cohen

maybe Tom Cullen or Christopher Abbott

not feeling Lee Pace for it but there are way worse options.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Fan casting for this is a bit of a challenge for me because I am so utterly disinterested in this movie which means an actor I really like doing it feels like a waste of their time. But, hey, maybe they'll get to be in a great Justice League movie someday.

Lee Pace (Pretty much my ideal Batman)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Same as Pace, plus I suspect this movie will have a heavy comedic/violent slapstick bent to it which Jake's manic energy would be great for. Very Keaton.)
Oliver Jackson Cohen (Very close to a Pattinson type, probably too close, but Pattinson is such a classic Batman Type that there's only so much you can do to avoid comparison)
Ethan Peck (Feels like a natural Adequate But Underwhelming match with Corenswet. Good actor, not great. Not a huge name so easy to nail down for eight million movies, would kill it with the deadpan comedy Batman gets in ensembles)

Gosling would be great but he's such an impossibility and it would feel like such a waste of his time that I'm not really gonna humour the idea.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

There’s always a possibility that the story could speak to him. As a father himself, perhaps the Batman and Son storyline could appeal to gosling?

probably not but there is a chance he may finally commit to it after being offered the role so many times

 

[SwordOfMorning]

There’s always a possibility that the story could speak to him. As a father himself, perhaps the Batman and Son storyline could appeal to gosling?

probably not but there is a chance he may finally commit to it after being offered the role so many times

Do we explicitly know he's been offered it? I'm sure he's been offered every big CBM at some point, so I don't doubt it.

There maybe is a universe where that happens but I can't see it with the calibre of people working on this movie or with whatever comparable studio hired gun replaces Muschietti if Flash lost him the gig. Plus, there is one of the downsides of a shared universe: Maybe you can nail someone like Gosling down for one movie, maybe you can nail them down for a trilogy but they probably aren't gonna want to be perpetually locked into a decade plus of cameos, ensemble appearances etc. That is one of the big reasons why shared universes are a bit of a write off to me logistically even though I find the prospect of a well-executed one for DC quite exciting on paper.

Funny enough Pattinson is one of the few, as you put it, elite actors who I have an admittedly rather baseless feeling might have been upon to it. Maybe not because of how protective of his career he clearly is and how selective he is about parts, but I feel like he might've been open to it with the right pitch.

 

[TMP98]

I love Hartnett for it

Josh Hartnett
Ryan Gosling
Jake Gyllenhaal
Oliver Jackson Cohen

maybe Tom Cullen or Christopher Abbott

not feeling Lee Pace for it but there are way worse options.

Yeah that’s pretty much my thoughts too beside Cullen. Abbott would be really good, he was my runner up for Battinson. Gosling still feels the best choice but he’s never gonna do a Muschietti movie lol

 

[Invader Joker]

Fan casting for this is a bit of a challenge for me because I am so utterly disinterested in this movie which means an actor I really like doing it feels like a waste of their time. But, hey, maybe they'll get to be in a great Justice League movie someday.

Lee Pace (Pretty much my ideal Batman)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Same as Pace, plus I suspect this movie will have a heavy comedic/violent slapstick bent to it which Jake's manic energy would be great for. Very Keaton.)
Oliver Jackson Cohen (Very close to a Pattinson type, probably too close, but Pattinson is such a classic Batman Type that there's only so much you can do to avoid comparison)
Ethan Peck (Feels like a natural Adequate But Underwhelming match with Corenswet. Good actor, not great. Not a huge name so easy to nail down for eight million movies, would kill it with the deadpan comedy Batman gets in ensembles)

Gosling would be great but he's such an impossibility and it would feel like such a waste of his time that I'm not really gonna humour the idea.

There’s always a possibility that the story could speak to him. As a father himself, perhaps the Batman and Son storyline could appeal to gosling?

probably not but there is a chance he may finally commit to it after being offered the role so many times

He did the Gray Man for Netflix and he's doing a sequel to the Gray Man as well. I do not think it's impossible he may join the DCU in some role since you can't go any lower than that. He's also doing a David Leitch movie next, which is also kinda meh especially since Leitch is the sort of director they could plausibly get for this, and also the type of director that'd simultaneously be a bad pick. I'd mainly write him off because I don't see:
-Gunn being particularly excited at the prospect of him as Batman to the point he'd push hard for it. Gosling as Batman just doesn't seem like his type of casting /at all/, especially for this. It seems waaay likelier to me that Gunn would eventually pursue him for Animal Man or something, since he seems to have a tendency to prefer casting the most recognizable people he can get on unconventional roles.
-Gosling being particularly excited at the prospect of him as Batman to the point he'd go after it.

For it to happen it'd need some real enthusiasm from either one of those parties that I don't think it'd happen. If Gunn /really/ wanted him, I think he could land him, and if Gosling /really/ wanted it, I think he could win Gunn over. But I don't see any of those scenarios happening.

Yeah that’s pretty much my thoughts too beside Cullen. Abbott would be really good, he was my runner up for Battinson. Gosling still feels the best choice but he’s never gonna do a Muschietti movie lol

I think Abbott would be all sorts of wrong for this lol And I think his eyes would look really bad in the cowl. Perhaps there is an hypothetical take on Batman he'd have been good for, but definitely not the Grant Morrison Batgod Bat-Family patriarch one. I haven't seen a single role of his that'd lead me to think he can play anything that doesn't have "lost puppy" written all over it.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Gosling won't sign up for a multifilm contract. I'm sure Gray Man is a film by film thing. They've tried to get him for these type of roles over and over. Sword is right in that it's not worth thinking about.

 

[TMP98]

He did the Gray Man for Netflix and he's doing a sequel to the Gray Man as well. I do not think it's impossible he may join the DCU in some role since you can't go any lower than that. He's also doing a David Leitch movie next, which is also kinda meh especially since Leitch is the sort of director they could plausibly get for this, and also the type of director that'd simultaneously be a bad pick. I'd mainly write him off because I don't see:

I think if he knew how bad that movie was gonna turn out he'd say no, and considering the Russos already have another season of Citadel to shepherd + that Chris Pratt movie out next year on Netflix then there's a decent chance Gray Man 2 is never even made. I think that the creatives he can work with dictate a lot of his choices, since Russos were already red-hot post-Endgame, and that won't be the case here with Muschietti. Gunn could maybe soften the deal, but they really need a new director if they want an actor like that

 

[Invader Joker]

I think if he knew how bad that movie was gonna turn out he'd say no, and considering the Russos already have another season of Citadel to shepherd + that Chris Pratt movie out next year on Netflix then there's a decent chance Gray Man 2 is never even made. I think that the creatives he can work with dictate a lot of his choices, since Russos were already red-hot post-Endgame, and that won't be the case here with Muschietti. Gunn could maybe soften the deal, but they really need a new director if they want an actor like that

I think a new director is a given so I'm not too worried about that.

With the way Gunn casts he's probably more likely to want Gosling as Detective Chimp than he'd be to wanting him as Batman. Likewise I also think Gosling would rather have that sort of role too lol

 

[Invader Joker]

My top picks would probably look something like this:

1. Lee Pace (I think he is ideal on every front)
2. Jake Gyllenhaal (Still weary on some aspects of him, mainly his voice, but I can't deny he'd be more fun than 90% of fancasts)
3. Josh Hartnett.
4. Ethan Peck.
5. Very reluctantly I'll say Oliver Jackson Cohen. I just don't think there is anything exciting about him and I don't like his look, but he's better than a lot of others.

I'd put Michael Fassbender and Jonathan Groff at 2 and 3 but I don't think Fassbender is happening with all the baggage he comes with, and I don't think Groff would get cast for this nor do I think he'd be necessarily right for this take on Batman.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

dream picks:
Jake Gyllenhaal or Ryan Gosling

ok:
Josh Hartnett
Oliver Jackson Cohen
Jensen Ackles

maybe:
Alexander Skarsgard
Christopher Abbott
Taylor Kitsch
Tom Cullen

meh:
Ben Barnes
Nicholas Hoult
Lee Pace

No…:
Ethan Peck
Jonathan Groff
Jamie Dornan
Tom Bateman
Pierson Fode
Richard Madden
Theo James
Jay Ryan
Scott Adkins

 

[Da-Scribe]

I would rather have Hartnett over Gosling or Jake G. I think Jake is the best actor of the three btw, but Hartnett just interests me more after seeing him in Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror. I also would like to see his career get the boost which neither Jake or Gosling need.

 

[emielaen]

He was pretty damn good in Oppenheimer.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

He’s been a great pick for Batman for 20 years. Penny Dreadful is an amazing show too. I’m def on board the Hartnett train

 

[Invader Joker]

The only thing about Hartnett is that I do wonder how he'd be able to handle a really physical role currently. From my understanding he hasn't done a proper action thing in ages and though he seems to be in great shape, I'm also not sure if he's Lee Pace/Gyllenhaal levels of "They're already pretty much in superhero physique and prepared to do plenty of action so they could play the role for a decade and still be in prime action physique without it being a drastic change of pace to them". I feel with him there might come at risk of already being tired of it by the second movie, but I don't know; he does look really good so maybe it's not that much of a problem. Just seems it might be a big shift from his current lifestyle.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

Kind of a random thing to worry about. He is in shape and he’s 6’3. His physicality is not the problem, it’s if he would actually want to do it. He didn’t want to do it years ago when he turned down the chance to play Superman Batman and Spider-Man

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Kind of a random thing to worry about. He is in shape and he’s 6’3. His physicality is not the problem, it’s if he would actually want to do it. He didn’t want to do it years ago when he turned down the chance to play Superman Batman and Spider-Man

Hartnett's a big, strong, healthy looking dude. He's physically fine for the role. I think he's naturally bigger than Corenswet is and (rightfully) no one seems concerned about his size. It's really important to start leaving the freakish monster ripped superhero movie bods in the past.

Plus, it seems unlikely that the DCU Batman will be doing much of their own stunts/fighting. If Muschietti doesn't get replaced I'm expecting a lot of OTT CG fight stuff and even if he does I feel like there'll still be way more of that than in, say, The Batman. There's every chance the action will be more Bruce zipping around smackin' ninja Man-Bat's than getting into fisticuffs with gangsters.

 

[Invader Joker]

Hartnett's a big, strong, healthy looking dude. He's physically fine for the role. I think he's naturally bigger than Corenswet is and (rightfully) no one seems concerned about his size. It's really important to start leaving the freakish monster ripped superhero movie bods in the past.

Plus, it seems unlikely that the DCU Batman will be doing much of their own stunts/fighting. If Muschietti doesn't get replaced I'm expecting a lot of OTT CG fight stuff and even if he does I feel like there'll still be way more of that than in, say, The Batman. There's every chance the action will be more Bruce zipping around smackin' ninja Man-Bat's than getting into fisticuffs with gangsters.

Eh, I don't know. I feel there's a pretty decent chance they decide to take John Wick, James Bond and Mission Impossible as inspirations for this as they're somewhat obvious points of reference in terms of what a modern action-packed Batman movie would be. And in that case I wouldn't be surprised if they do require the use of a lot of stunts, maybe even moreso than in The Batman, especially with the League of Assasins presumably being prominent villains which obviously could involve Man-Bat ninjas but it more than likely will also involve actual ninjas lol.

But yeah it's probably not something to worry about /that/ much with Hartnett, I just question whether the prospect of becoming a full-blown action star for the next 10 years is appealing to him. Granted, it's not like he has that many options at the moment, but still, I could easily see this being an Affleck situation where he gets tired of it after like 2 films.

Kind of a random thing to worry about. He is in shape and he’s 6’3. His physicality is not the problem, it’s if he would actually want to do it. He didn’t want to do it years ago when he turned down the chance to play Superman Batman and Spider-Man

Yeah it's precisely that which I'm worried about. Maybe he'd say yes for this movie, or for two or 3 movies, but since he wasn't already that enthusiastic beforehand I could see him getting tired of it.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Almost like asking someone to be in a movie franchise for ten years is insane and limits your options severely!

 

[Invader Joker]

Almost like asking someone to be in a movie franchise for ten years is insane and limits your options severely!

As long as it doesn't rule out Lee Pace I'm okay with it Plus to be fair I'm yet to shed any tears for the names that a 10 year commitment rules out. Even Gyllenhaal would probably do it since he's made his career purely of being in action schlock as of late and he said his dream was to play Batman, so if the names that this rules out are Gosling and Hartnett I'm okay with that lol.