The Batman Reboot Casting Thread - Part 1

[Majik1387]

Not with Man of Steel.

 

[EliteF50]

Meh, just the feeling I got. I could be wrong, tho.

 

[socool]

I've been watching some Person of Interest and I feel like Jim Caviezel could be a good Bruce Wayne. The show already shows he can play the cold, cunning, and calculating type of character and he has the look. I need to see him in some other stuff before actually deciding but he's the first person I've seen in a while that made me say to myself, "He could be Batman..."

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I like Jensen Ackles, but I just can't see him as Batman. Might just be a fault on my part, but I think he's more suited to a snarkier role. Pity he weren't cast as Hal rather than Ryan Reynolds. . .

Are you kidding me? Reynolds is a very good actor. I say keep him as Lantern and make Jensen the wisecracking Wally West. He was made for the role.

 

[metaphysician]

Are you kidding me? Reynolds is a very good actor. I say keep him as Lantern and make Jensen the wisecracking Wally West. He was made for the role.

Eh, I've yet to here of Reynolds doing a good "serious" role. Let him be the wise-cracking lighthearted Flash. With Hal Jordan, if your going to do him well, you need someone who can do slightly-*****ey alpha male, but in a charismatic manner. If they can also do serious, that's extra good. Ackles can do both.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Eh, I've yet to here of Reynolds doing a good "serious" role. Let him be the wise-cracking lighthearted Flash. With Hal Jordan, if your going to do him well, you need someone who can do slightly-*****ey alpha male, but in a charismatic manner. If they can also do serious, that's extra good. Ackles can do both.

Except Reynolds was already introduced as Hal Jordan. I severely doubt WB would reboot Green Lantern (if they're interested in making a Justice League adaptation) and then re-introduce Ryan as Barry or Wally. Reynolds is very underrated as a 'serious' actor in my opinion. Give him a better script and he'll shine.

Ackles can definitely do both but everything about him screams Flash.

 

[Lone]

Eh, I've yet to here of Reynolds doing a good "serious" role.

• Buried
• The Nines
• The Amityville Horror
• Safe House

Those movies prove you're uninformed.

With Hal Jordan, if your going to do him well, you need someone who can do slightly-*****ey alpha male, but in a charismatic manner. If they can also do serious, that's extra good. Ackles can do both.

Reynolds practically created the modern slightly *****ey charismatic alpha male character type.

Someone said Ackles would make a good Flash. I can definitely see him as Barry Allen.

 

[Majik1387]

Only one of those movies were good, and in that same one is the only one where he gave a good performance.

 

[EliteF50]

I never understood the hate for Ryan Reynolds. He's a pretty awesome actor with some nice range. He was an excellent Hal Jordan and it'd be a shame if they recast him. Not Ryan's fault the movie was mediocre (I loved it tho).

 

[Lone]

Only one of those movies were good, and in that same one is the only one where he gave a good performance.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Ryan Reynolds is pretty much an omen that a superhero movie is going to suck.

He either is partially at fault performance-wise or he needs to chose his projects more carefully.

Either way I don't trust him to do any comic book character justice.

 

[Lone]

No Oscar winning performance could've saved GL or X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Blame the executives who had to stick their ***** in those productions.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

If Ryan Reynolds really respected the character he would've threw those scripts in the trash.

 

[Lone]

Did you read the leaked script? It was WAY better than what we got on film.

Anyway, if I was an actor who is a fan of comic books, I wouldn't turn down a job to play a superhero either.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Did you read the leaked script? It was WAY better than what we got on film

How so?

Anyway, if I was an actor who is a fan of comic books, I wouldn't turn down a job to play a superhero either.

What if you already butchered another character previously?

Wouldn't you leave other superhero roles that you cared so much about to someone who fit those roles better?

 

[ThePhantasm]

Reynolds was a great Hal Jordan. The problem with that film was with the script and pacing and effects, not his acting. I thought he was well cast.

He deserved a better GL film.

 

[ЯɘvlveR]

my problem with reynolds is, the guy is always mentioned in some comic book movie. i hate that incessant incest in movies. i know a lot of heroes look alike in the comics, but out of all of the things a movie is going to mimic, does it have to be that?

 

[The Guard]

How so?

It was a little deeper in terms of Hal's relationship with his father, and a few more action beats. It wasn't that much deeper though, and it was a bit more generic/pop culture. The overall scale of the movie exceeds anything the script had actionwise, but the script had more action sequences. Hammond had more to do, though it was essentially just being a superpowered bank robber. Hal's friend Tom has a subplot about finding Abin Sur's spaceship and making it work (and he is very, very annoying in the script). The GL script is more of a typical superhero origin/reveal. The film is actually deeper in certain places than the script was, and tends to have more unique characterizations for Hal, Carol and Sinestro.

If there had been a film that incorporated the best elements of the original script and the movie itself, GREEN LANTERN would have been a fantastic movie. I still think it was pretty entertaining as is, did a pretty solid job introducing GREEN LANTERN, and I don't think people have issues with the quality of the script and the writing so much as with the actual story points.

Reading the original script, I think the issues with GREEN LANTERN came down to budget, mostly. It could have used a bit more screentime to flesh a few things out and a few more action beats.

 

[Shazam]

When Keaton was cast as Batman, this was his resume:

Night Shift (1982)
Mr. Mom (1983)
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Gung-Ho (1986)
Touch and Go (1986)
The Squeeze (1987)
Beetlejuice (1988)

Not that I don't love Gung-Ho, but that's hardly the resume of someone I'd pick to play Batman.

Oh, and Keaton looks nothing like Bruce Wayne either.

Keaton was very average.............he did nothing. He had nothing to do expect sit and grimmace at a computer screen while slowly removing fake eyeglasses.

 

[Rodrigo90]

And all the stuff where he was Batman, that was all average and nothing too?

 

[Johnny Drama]

Are you kidding me? Reynolds is a very good actor.

 

[EliteF50]

my problem with reynolds is, the guy is always mentioned in some comic book movie. i hate that incessant incest in movies. i know a lot of heroes look alike in the comics, but out of all of the things a movie is going to mimic, does it have to be that?

... Incest?

Not sure what comic book movies you've been watching, friend.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Didn't you get the memo regarding Reynolds and his roles? It's the Jim Lee generation!!!

 

[ЯɘvlveR]

... Incest?

Not sure what comic book movies you've been watching, friend.

it was just a figure of speech. it wasn't meant literally. i didn't think I'd have to explain that. barakapool? green lantern, possibly flash?

 

[flickchick85]

Not with Man of Steel.

Well he did work out the story with Goyer, and he is the one who pitched it to the studio, so that alone makes him more involved than most of these "name only" producer situations. But I do agree that after hiring Zack and recommending Henry to him, his involvement basically ended.

And I've never been impressed with any of Ryan Reynolds' acting, even in Buried. BUT I don't think he was the problem with GL. There were definitely better choices out there for Hal Jordan, but the problem was with the writing, not his performance, imo. I don't think Ackles would have been any better, either.