Brave and the Bold Casting Thread

[Kane52630]

I wasn't sure someone already mentioned him but... Theo James?

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Theo James has one of the silliest faces in all of film and TV. He’s a really good actor but he looks like a boardwalk caricature of a Chad.

 

[Invader Joker]

I wasn't sure someone already mentioned him but... Theo James?

I think the general consensus was "*****ebag vibes too strong".

 

[Kane52630]

It didn't stop Ben Affleck from being Batman.

 

[flickchick85]

Would love to avoid a repeat of that, thanks.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

I wasn't sure someone already mentioned him but... Theo James?

James sort of looks the part in the sense that he's got that longish head shape, complete with a square jaw that's reminiscent of various CB depictions of Bruce Wayne; he's also dark and reasonably tall. That said, I don't really see him as an exciting or interesting choice at all. The best way I can describe him is safe and MCU-lite in the vein of say, Sebastian Stan or maybe even Chris Evans.

I did used to think that Gunn might consider someone like him, though. But lately, his preference for darker Batman comics has been telling me otherwise.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

On a related note, sometimes I feel like we won't be getting this movie until 2033.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Affleck’s D bag energy is honestly sort of perfect for Batman in some ways. There’s a meta quality to Ben as Batman that is the main thing that makes him interesting in the role. The intersection of the role with his own career and public persona as a big miserable sad sack.

 

[Invader Joker]

Affleck’s D bag energy is honestly sort of perfect for Batman in some ways. There’s a meta quality to Ben as Batman that is the main thing that makes him interesting in the role. The intersection of the role with his own career and public persona as a big miserable sad sack.

Also I'd argue that Affleck's D-Bag look kinda subsided by the time he got cast as Batman, while Theo James... very much has not and has none of the qualities which made Affleck have potential.

It's funny because I do feel Ben did not lie when he said his best performance was in The Flash lmao In part because they didn't use the voice modulator yet but what little he did there made me think "Oh, maybe in another universe he could've been great"

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Also I'd argue that Affleck's D-Bag look kinda subsided by the time he got cast as Batman, while Theo James... very much has not and has none of the qualities which made Affleck have potential.

It's funny because I do feel Ben did not lie when he said his best performance was in The Flash lmao In part because they didn't use the voice modulator yet but what little he did there made me think "Oh, maybe in another universe he could've been great"

Say what you will about BvS as a whole, but that's where Ben gave his best Batman performance IMO. His Bruce in The Flash was alright, but those Batman scenes on the bridge with Wonder Woman were downright cringeworthy.

Also, rule of thumb: take everything Ben says with a grain of salt. He'd probably be singing the same tune if he got to come back for another performance.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Also I'd argue that Affleck's D-Bag look kinda subsided by the time he got cast as Batman, while Theo James... very much has not and has none of the qualities which made Affleck have potential.

It's funny because I do feel Ben did not lie when he said his best performance was in The Flash lmao In part because they didn't use the voice modulator yet but what little he did there made me think "Oh, maybe in another universe he could've been great"

Ben absolutely could have been great. Frankly, he's pretty damn close in Batman v Superman which is really saying something for how terrible that movie and characterization is. Especially when he's out of the suit and not having his performance ruined by that ****ing voice modulator which, as an aside, is by far the worst Batman voice.

I love how you can also just see how he feels about the role in each of his appearances, from his total dedication in BvS through deeply hilarious visible apathy/misery in Josstice League to his honestly pretty touching final scene in The Flash.

 

[Invader Joker]

Say what you will about BvS as a whole, but that's where Ben gave his best Batman performance IMO. His Bruce in The Flash was alright, but those Batman scenes on the bridge with Wonder Woman were downright cringeworthy.

Also, rule of thumb: take everything Ben says with a grain of salt. He'd probably be singing the same tune if he got to come back for another performance.

Ben absolutely could have been great. Frankly, he's pretty damn close in Batman v Superman which is really saying something for how terrible that movie and characterization is. Especially when he's out of the suit and not having his performance ruined by that ****ing voice modulator which, as an aside, is by far the worst Batman voice.

I love how you can also just see how he feels about the role in each of his appearances, from his total dedication in BvS through deeply hilarious visible apathy/misery in Josstice League to his honestly pretty touching final scene in The Flash.

I think what made his The Flash performance the best out of all the ones he did for me is the fact that his portrayal of Bruce in there is the only one that has made me feel "Only he could've played that". I liked him a lot in BvS, but even there you do get the feel that maybe someone like Jon Hamm or Josh Brolin or someone else might've done a better job. His final scene in The Flash is the one time I felt he really made the role his own. No one else could've sold that scene the way he did but him. The bridge scene with Wonder Woman was stupid but that wasn't his fault so I don't hold it against him. His little dialogue in the batcycle with how he used his Batman voice was pretty cool though.

 

[Boom]

 

[TheWallCrawler]

*Ivy bites the dust
Harley: "Why does it hurt so much"
Bruce: "Because it was real"

 

[Boom]

That feeling when your son is being a psychotic *******:

 

[Lithium]

 

[Johnny Frost]

It would be funny if they actually cast Lee Pace as Batman in the DCU because he could easily pass off as an older version of Pattinson lol

 

[NEXUS 6]

Still firmly in the Theroux camp and personally only really interested in a second version of Batman that differentiates from Reeves’ version via a Batman that’s late 40s at the youngest. Hartnett and Pace are both also interesting to me, but that’s sort of as young as I can see Bat-dad working. I know that’s probably not a widely held preference so this suggestion might get flamed, but would anybody else like to see an Eric Bana comeback?

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Bana would be very high on my list.

 

[Kane52630]

Jamie Dornan?

 

[flickchick85]

I know that’s probably not a widely held preference so this suggestion might get flamed, but would anybody else like to see an Eric Bana comeback?

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He was one of my top picks after Bale and he’d be a top pick for me now. That said, I still think they’ll likely go younger than him.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

He was one of my top picks after Bale and he’d be a top pick for me now. That said, I still think they’ll likely go younger than him.

Yeah, a big thing I’m expecting with this casting is for him to be younger than he probably should be. My actual serious guess as to who it’ll be is still Hoult (who I’d have loved in The Batman and I’m a huge fan of, but still).

 

[Invader Joker]

Yeah, a big thing I’m expecting with this casting is for him to be younger than he probably should be. My actual serious guess as to who it’ll be is still Hoult (who I’d have loved in The Batman and I’m a huge fan of, but still).

I'm reaaally not expecting it to be Hoult because even if he was 10 years older his vibe would still be absolutely wrong for this type of Batman.

There is absolutely nothing Hoult has ever done that'd lead me to think he'd be even remotely plausible for a Batman that's supposed to lean mega-hard on that pinnacle of humanity/man of action with a ridiculous drive and even more ridiculous feats angle. For Reeves young, Nirvana-listening, emo prince of Gotham take I can see how they'd have arrived to him, and even with Superman for the whole dork angle, but for this? Yeaaaaah, no. He genuinely doesn't have anything that even remotely hints at this sort of take on Batman.

Still firmly in the Theroux camp and personally only really interested in a second version of Batman that differentiates from Reeves’ version via a Batman that’s late 40s at the youngest. Hartnett and Pace are both also interesting to me, but that’s sort of as young as I can see Bat-dad working. I know that’s probably not a widely held preference so this suggestion might get flamed, but would anybody else like to see an Eric Bana comeback?

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If they were to go for someone in their 50s he's probably amongst the best choices, if not the best.

 

[Boom]

Bana would be a lot of fun but he doesn't strike me as a franchise guy.

I hate to be a height nazi but Theroux is very short.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Bana would be a lot of fun but he doesn't strike me as a franchise guy.

I hate to be a height nazi but Theroux is very short.

Theroux or anyone else’s height should be borderline irrelevant but Gunn’s ****ing weird about height so it’s hard to imagine Batman won’t be well over six feet tall.