Brave and the Bold Casting Thread

[Lily Adler]

I loved the first It.

It Part Two and The Flash are both decent, but flawed (the latter even more so, some technical aspects are especially baffling).

Muschietti did nail the characterization and portrayal of Michael Keaton's Batman, though.

Simply because Fukunaga didn't write the second one. Damn you WB.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Boo! Affleck is way more interesting than Sklenar or Powell! He’s only traditionally ‘good’ in BvS because it’s the only one where he’s excited to be there, but I think there is a real sorrow and depth to him that makes a lot of truly garbage Terrio writing almost work. Plus, he’s wonderful with Irons.

Affleck isn’t as good in the suit as out of it though. He got turbo****ed by that abominable voice changer - my least favourite live action Batman voice because of it.

Affleck is not “traditionally good” in ANY of his appearances as Batman -(IMO). Traditionally generic, maybe. People can mock Bale’s Batman voice all they want but going from the intensity and mood of the Nolan films to Affleck stumbling around like a doofus in BvS was a Lazenby-level downgrade. I personally didn’t find him good in or out of the suit. As “real”, Bruce, he just sulked and ranted a bit. And as Public Bruce, it’s like he copied Bale’s fake drunk scene in Batman Begins and just ran with that the whole time. Sure, Terrio’s crap writing made it all worse, but we have Affleck to thank for bring in his hack ass in.

She better than Sklenar? Honestly I haven’t seen enough of Skelnar yet to make any real judgment on him. I do feel there are much more interesting choices out there but maybe Skelar could surprise me if he’s cast I guess.

 

[Boom]

Sklenar doesn't seem to have the sauce to me.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Sklenar seems more like a guy who would fit a smaller role. Booster Gold, Steve Trevor, someone like that. Batman needs a bigger presence. Now, I haven’t watched that Yellowstone show he’s on so many he really brings it there, I don’t know. But he seems more like a guy better suited to a secondary DC character.

 

[TheWallCrawler]

How do people here feel about Matt Bomer? I haven't seen him in anything, but he seems to be at least worthy of consideration.

 

[Boom]

Bomer will always have Dick Grayson/Nightwing energy to me, no matter how old he gets.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Also, how do we feel about Mr. Dua Lipa Callum Turner?

I haven’t seen him in much but I think he kinda has the right look. And he was cast as the lead in Neuromancer so you probably don’t get that role unless you can display some range. I need to watch Masters of the Air at some point.

 

[Boom]

Also, how do we feel about Mr. Dua Lipa Callum Turner?

I haven’t seen him in much but I think he kinda has the right look. And he was cast as the lead in Neuromancer so you probably don’t get that role unless you can display some range. I need to watch Masters of the Air at some point.

He married Dua Lipa so no I hate him.

 

[Deck Rickard]

He married Dua Lipa so no I hate him.

Hang in there, Boom. Just hone those dancing skills and you’ll outshine Turner yet.

 

[Lily Adler]

Bomer will always have Dick Grayson/Nightwing energy to me, no matter how old he gets.

 

[Silvermoth]

Lily go to church

 

[Deck Rickard]

Leslie Thompkins - Regina King

Batgirl/Cassandra Cain - Alice Hewkin

Batwing/Lucas Fox - - Stephan James

Azrael/Michael Washington Lane - Eli Goree

 

[Chris B]

My only concern with Lee Pace is his age, I mean dude's gonna be nearly 50 when this movie finally starts filming. If he can still handle the physical demands of the task and they can keep him for more than 1 movie, then I'm all for it.

I don't think that would be too big of a deal given all the recent examples of middle aged actors still taking on action roles.

On a sidenote, the reaction from the people on the DCU subreddit if they were to cast an actor pushing 50 would be hilarious.

 

[Silvermoth]

We’ve also had a gay Batman before (Kevin Conroy, largely seen as one of the best). I know there’s different circumstances but just something to think about.

Also I think a slightly older Batman is better than too young if he has a kid in this one

 

[Deck Rickard]

Richard Dragon - Justin Chien

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

My introductions to Batman were the Schumacher films and the animated series. If it weren’t for Schumacher and Conroy (two gay men) I wouldn’t be the Bat fan I am today.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Sklenar doesn't seem to have the sauce to me.

A classic completely mid dude. Totally unexceptional and uninteresting - you’d get nothing from him you wouldn’t get from every other comparable dude in his age range of which there are seven hundred.

 

[flickchick85]

A classic completely mid dude. Totally unexceptional and uninteresting - you’d get nothing from him you wouldn’t get from every other comparable dude in his age range of which there are seven hundred.

Also - no I won’t let this go - he cannot enunciate!!! I demand he be sent to elocution lessons before he be fancast for anything ever again. Basic diction used to be a bare minimum requirement for acting, ffs. Damn you, mumblecore!

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Also - no I won’t let this go - he cannot enunciate!!! I demand he be sent to elocution lessons before he be fancast for anything ever again. Basic diction used to be a bare minimum requirement for acting, ffs. Damn you, mumblecore!

Watched Drop and still shook from when Snow told me that is the guy people want for Batman. In real life?!?!?!

 

[Deck Rickard]

LOL James Dean and Marlon Brando couldn’t enunciate either. Not comparing Sklenar to those icons or anything but I mean… it’s not the end of the world.

 

[TheWallCrawler]

I'm not sold on Sklenar by any stretch, I'm just trying to be positive because frankly I think most fan picks are dreadful. I mean, Josh Hartnett? Talk about bland. Alan Ritchson is too roided.

Nate Mann is growing on me visually speaking. The look isn't everything, but for me Bruce Wayne needs to look "striking".

 

[Deck Rickard]

Hartnett is bland? I don’t want him for Batman but come on. He’s a great actor. Oppenheimer? Black Mirror? Hell, Trap was stupid as hell but he made it watchable (somehow).

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

Josh Hartnett is anything but bland, he’s been a unique performer since he hit the scene. I’ve been a fan since The Faculty.

I think my favorite role of his was in Penny Dreadful. So effortlessly cool there.

Josh Hartnett is actually my favorite for the role rn. He’s never looked more like Batman than he has the past few years, as his face has matured a lot.

Right age, chops, look, height, and has star power like traditional Batman castings. He’s perfect. I just don’t know if he’d wanna do it, he’s got 4 kids and never seemed all that interested in being a superstar - turning down multiple big roles in the past.

 

[TheWallCrawler]

I haven't seen Oppenheimer, so maybe I have missed out on his greatness there. He was decent in Black Mirror, but Aaron Paul carried the episode.

Don't know what to tell you, for me he's one of the most "oh, that guy" actors out there. The very definition of serviceable. It pains me to say this too, seeing how highly he seems to be regarded.

 

[BobJM]

Josh Hartnett has turned down Batman and Superman before; I still don’t think he’s looking to do a superhero franchise