Brave and the Bold Casting Thread

[Eddie Dean]

Skarsgard would have been a good back up for Pattinson.

 

[WatchProtect]

Edgerton is my Swamp Thing pick, still want Glen Powell as Batman. I love Lee Pace but he's just a wee bit older than I'd like.

 

[emielaen]

Powell feels like Booster Gold or Hal (a typecast for sure) before Batman for me. Pace is spot on for Batman imo. Edgerton for Swamp Thing is dope though.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Powell feels wildly wrong for Batman. He's note perfect for a bunch of other DC characters even though he strikes me as an extremely limited actor but I don't see any Batman in him apart from his jawline.

 

[Sawyer]

Glen Powell is the ideal Steve Trevor IMO.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Since the Reeves-verse centers in an early-to-mid thirtysomething Batman, it would only be logical to age him up for the DCU.

So I'd be thinking more in the direction of a fiftysomething. Both in terms of the character and actor's age.

Casting an older actor makes sense for two reasons:

1. As you've suggested, doing so would help to differentiate the DCU Batman from his Reevesverse counterpart. (Although, with Matt having already cranked out one Batman film, leaving maybe just two more to go, does it really matter?)

2. With Damian set to appear in The Brave and the Bold, we might infer that there have been other Robins before him. Hence, Bruce should look old enough to make a convincing father figure — not just for the aforementioned but also for an adult Dick Grayson and presumably other members of the Bat family.

But how old are we talking about here?

Warners is finally in a position where they get to wipe the slate clean and give audiences what they so desperately craved from the first ever pairing of Batman with Superman (but were arguably denied) in the 2016 film BvS: Dawn of Justice. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not in any way suggesting that the decision to hire a fortysomething actor and then age him up so that he appears even older is to blame for that movie's mixed reception. Hear this, though: If you're a major film studio and you're finally (FINALLY!) in the position where you can do it all over again — the shared universe model, that is — wouldn't you want to get it right this time? Gunn is reportedly looking to lock down actors for 10+ years as well, right? Why cast a fiftysomething then? I mean, the guy would be well over 60 when all is said and done.

The most likely scenario, as I see it, is that our new Bats will be in his late thirties to very early forties. But, as mentioned before, I wouldn't mind being slightly off on this one just to accommodate a couple of actors in their mid to late-forties. Some of those guys really suit the part and are aging quite well to boot. Invader's been suggesting 44-year-old Lee Pace, for instance, whom I wasn't quite sold on in the beginning; but his work on Foundation and Halt and Catch Fire is pretty damn inspiring.

In short, fifty+ actors are better suited for projects based on The Dark Knight Returns, Kingdom Come and the like. But a multi-year spanning shared universe needs prime Batman.

 

[Lithium]

Glenn Powell and Steve Trevor are both

Spoiler

so it works I guess.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Again, late 30s/early 40s is the sweet spot. Old enough to be believable as an established Batman who has a 10 year old son and at least one other Robin, but still young enough to be able to play the part for a decade.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

Love Glen Powell but I think he would be wasted as Steve Trevor. Just like Chris Pine. They're good enough to be leads.

 

[Boom]

It's not so much a waste as it is boring. It's kinda like people casting certain actors for Lex Luthor just because they played a bald character before.

These guys already played cocky pilots. No need to typecast.

Chris Pine
Chris Pratt
Glen Pwell
Tom Cruise

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Glen Powell playing a pilot two movies in a row was deeply funny.

 

[Sawyer]

Him having played a pilot a few times already is a funny footnote, but I’m more into the idea based on his comedic chops and the fact that that romcom he did with Zoey Deutch was one of the first things to get him attention. I think it’d be a solid fit.

As for anyone being wasted in the role of Steve Trevor, it’s funny that that never seems to come up in regard to Lois Lane.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Him having played a pilot a few times already is a funny footnote, but I’m more into the idea based on his comedic chops and the fact that that romcom he did with Zoey Deutch was one of the first things to get him attention. I think it’d be a solid fit.

As for anyone being wasted in the role of Steve Trevor, it’s funny that that never seems to come up in regard to Lois Lane.

Especially when Wonder Woman clearly had the best love story in a comic book movie post-Reeve and Kidder. The love interests are great, important characters and should be treated as such in these movies.

 

[Frodo]

I think Powell would make a good Steve Trevor , Booster Gold, Hal Jordan , or Johnny Storm.

The fact he's played Pilots before doesn't bother me.
As a fan, I don't get hung up on that kind of stuff in casting.

The question is, is he best choice for the story, and does he have chemistry with the new WW.
If the answer is " Yes" , I could care less if he's played Military guys in the past.

Now ,If he's cast as Batman, I would give him a chance , though, he's already faced Bane, and it didn't go too well.:wink::smilingeyes:

 

[HydraSith12]

I think just like the Snyder Old DCU Version of Batman James Gunn Batman will also already be Batman before Superman and in the New DCEU feels like other Metahumans had already appeared before Superman

 

[Invader Joker]

Brian Cox would be an amazing Alfred.

 

[Frodo]

Brian Cox would also make a cool, retired , grizzled , Gordon as well imo.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

Jeremy Strong as Two-Face
Kieran Culkin as Riddler

 

[Eddie Dean]

Fisher Stevens as Egghead

 

[Sawyer]

Fisher Stevens as Egghead

You misspelled Jonathan Crane.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Jonathan Crane as Egghead?

 

[NEXUS 6]

Still firmly in the Theroux camp (with Berenice Marlohe as Talia), but I’d also really dig Rupert Friend for this.

One of very few actors, in my opinion, who can do the zany bit (best part of Death of Stalin, aside from maybe Jason Isaacs) as well as the grim, serious stuff. I could see him fitting the tone of an anti-Reeves Batman movie very well.

 

[Invader Joker]

I reaaally hope this movie is more than just an "anti-Reeves Batman" and that Gunn sticks to his word of making this the best version of what it can be, Reeves comparison aside. If it's zigging on every single place that Reeves is zagging that might be the absolute worst creative drive they could possibly have.


They really should just approach this as "We're adapting Morrison's Batman focusing on the story of Damian and Batman, what's the best way to tell that movie?" instead of "Matt Reeves is doing a certain take on Batman so let's do the opposite of everything he's doing."

Hell, I would even go as far as to say that ideally there /should/ be some points of intersection between the two at least with some of the characterization, since Reeves Batman is edgy in some similar ways to what Morrison's Batman could be at times (you could read the internal dialogue of him coming out of his grave with Pattinson's voice for instance and it'd fit ridiculously well)

 

[SwordOfMorning]

I reaaally hope this movie is more than just an "anti-Reeves Batman" and that Gunn sticks to his word of making this the best version of what it can be, Reeves comparison aside. If it's zigging on every single place that Reeves is zagging that might be the absolute worst creative drive they could possibly have.


They really should just approach this as "We're adapting Morrison's Batman focusing on the story of Damian and Batman, what's the best way to tell that movie?" instead of "Matt Reeves is doing that so let's do the opposite of everything he's doing."

My instinct is that trying really hard to avoid any overlap with Reeves vision would be a positive more than a negative. You could have the status quo be really, really different for a Batman movie - maybe a lot of the classic supporting characters have moved on and are replaced by successors, maybe Gordon is retired, maybe Alfred isn't around. Things that could really mix up the dynamic. Maybe at least initially they could completely avoid the classic rogues gallery in favor of more weird, obscure and fantastical ones.

 

[Invader Joker]

My instinct is that trying really hard to avoid any overlap with Reeves vision would be a positive more than a negative. You could have the status quo be really, really different for a Batman movie - maybe a lot of the classic supporting characters have moved on and are replaced by successors, maybe Gordon is retired, maybe Alfred isn't around. Things that could really mix up the dynamic. Maybe at least initially they could completely avoid the classic rogues gallery in favor of more weird, obscure and fantastical ones.

I agree those ideas about Gordon and Alfred could be cool, but I'd still wager there has to be a justification for those story ideas beyond just "Let's be different from Matt Reeves".
And well, avoiding the classic rogues gallery would just come with the territory of adapting Morrison's run anyway, since he barely even used them.

I think in general the biggest thing I'm an opponent of is the idea of making this Batman ridiculously lighter to just massively contrast with Pattinson's take. I do not think that'd serve adapting that run right, and I don't think it'd do them any favors for a 10 year arc either if Bruce already starts out pretty perfect (not to mention it'd make his eventual dynamic with Superman really boring since the fun of that is how grim and edgy Batman is compared to Superman, you take that away and their friendship becomes pretty pointless)