People who you wish would/did play Batman (or others)?

[Homer J. Fong]

I think he was considered in B'89 but he personally vowed to never again work with Tim Burton because he said Burton made his character boring and stale in Beetlejuice.

The screenplay made his (and Geena Davis') character boring, that was very intentional. Anyway, I think Baldwin would have made a great Batman, but not for Tim Burton's movies, more for Batman Forever (if he hadn't played The Shadow just before that, I guess).

 

[elgaz]

Watch The Shadow - Alec Baldwin is the best Bruce Wayne there never was. I'm going to go out on a limb and say he makes a better Bruce than Christian Bale - the perfect suave playboy, but brooding and troubled beneath the facade.

Have seen it many times and I agree, he played Bruce Wayne perfectly in everything but name in that film

 

[JohnnyGobbs]

I do recall hearing somewhere that Burton vetoed the idea of casting Baldwin in Batman since the latter had been 'difficult' during the making of Beetlejuice.

It's a pity because I actually think Burton already had the perfect cast for Batman with his three Beetlejuice leads; Baldwin for Batman, Geena Davis as an intelligent, and red-headed Vicki Vale and Keaton as The Joker.

On the other hand, Keaton was probably a much better match for Burton's vision of Bruce Wayne, the quiet, eccentric, introverted recluse rather than the canonical playboy version of the character; similar to how he envisioned Nicholas Cage as his ideal Superman, the lonely, literally alienated man from another world, rather than the standard All-American boy-scout version of the character.

 

[Spoonman]

Don't get me wrong, I liked Keaton and all, but my pick for the thread would be:

Alec Baldwin as Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman 89.

 

[The Joker]

Don't get me wrong, I liked Keaton and all, but my pick for the thread would be:

Alec Baldwin as Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman 89.

I just can't see it. But then that's what everyone was saying back then when Beetlejuice got cast in the role

 

[El Payaso]

I think he was considered in B'89 but he personally vowed to never again work with Tim Burton because he said Burton made his character boring and stale in Beetlejuice.

Well it's the old story, actor blames the director, director blames the actor.

 

[ALP]

Gotta admit, Keaton is the only actor in Batman history who pulled off not only Batman...but I imagine he would have made a terrific joker as well. I miss him!

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Alec Baldwin as Batman back in 89.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Gotta admit, Keaton is the only actor in Batman history who pulled off not only Batman...but I imagine he would have made a terrific joker as well. I miss him!

The fascinating thing is that Beatlejuice is Burton's original version of the Joker. When he was planning Batman in the mid-80's, his Joker designs are the ones he later used for Beatlejuice. So Keaton played Burton's Batman and Joker.

And let's not forget the debt of gratitude the Ledger Joker owes to Beatlejuice...

 

[Jumpin' Jack]

Alec Baldwin as Bruce Wayne/Batman
David Bowie for The Joker