You can “lol” all you want, Eddie is still spot-on that what you have been arguing is nothing but confirmation bias, and hardly fact. We’ll see when we see. I’m not going back and forth on hypotheticals.
And yet none of you have been able to prove any of what I'm saying wrong or bring up anything that'd refute any of my arguments lol Not a single person at DC Studios has even hinted at the fact that casting young people for longevity is a priority for them. It's a thing you're all assuming based on pretty much nothing, even when the majority of the castings point to the fact they don't actually see things from that angle.
There’s nothing to prove because we only have 1 movie cast so far. There’s no substantial pattern to go off of. It’s dumb to try. You haven’t “proven” anything either, btw. You’re guessing just as much as anyone, despite your tone suggesting you know better. Spoiler alert: you don’t.
"I do not think" is the key phrase in your opening sentence, and that is what I'm getting at. It's impossible to predict with certainty what Gunn will do at this stage; all you can do is speculate and make assumptions about his intentions. If you honestly think that there are no good reasons—talking about none whatsoever—that Gunn might want to cast the role a little younger, then you're not being honest with yourself.
Well, allow me to ask then: What makes you think it's something they'd be concerned about, though? I'm genuinely curious because while Hollywood has had a large, large history of being extremely gatekeepy regarding certain type of performers, the one group of people they genuinely do not gatekeep at all is middle aged actors leading franchises and leading action films.
Because Bruce isn’t typically that much older than Clark? Because Batman is potentially a more physical role than Iron Man, Ant Man, etc??? Because they might have plans for longer than a decade? I don’t know because I don’t know their plans for the character any more than you do. The difference between us is, I’m not pretending that I do. Both age ranges are still on the table, period. There are perfectly valid considerations and reasons for both. That’s all any of us have been saying.
It's definitely not more physically demanding than any traditional action franchise like John Wick or Mission Impossible, as half the time (and that's being generous) it isn't even the actor doing the fights because of how easy it is to hide stunt doubles in the batsuit (I'm convinced Ben Affleck only put on the suit to stand and talk lol) So I don't think the physical element is a concern here. I mean, 70 year old Michael Keaton played Batman last year. Everything about the execution of that was badly thought out but it does goes to show how the role is more flexible in that respect than other roles like this would be because of how much trickery you can get away with.
There it is. We agree!
I think that definitely gives some of us hope that Gunn would be open to casting someone like Pace despite his age (@flickchick85 and I have both said as much in earlier posts). At the same time, it's not a guarantee either because he may want Batman to be closer in age to Supes or something to that effect. And, no, I'm not claiming that his possible desire for them to be around the same age is an undisputed fact. I'm just saying it's possible. lol
Golshifteh Farahani, Angela Sarafyan, Sarah Shahi, May Calamawy, etc all feel like very plausible names to me and ones that'd be on any studio shortlist for a role like this so I personally really wouldn't be that surprised if the age gap isn't that over the top tbh.
You misspelled "Roids"Ra's
You misspelled "Roids"
Jacob Elordi and Tom Bateman
Elordi (who was my Superman choice) would be amazing but he's so far removed Gunn's type and also the story the movie is telling.
I was just messing around with @Invader Joker because he hates those two guys. But I do think Elordi would have been an excellent choice if Gunn wasn't looking for someone a little older.
