The Batman Reboot Casting Thread - Part 7

[DOBSON10]

McAdams is going to be in Dr. Strange for Marvel. She was just cast, not sure what role.

 

[KillerWolf]

Ah, thanks for the info. So I heard right after all.

Shame, I quite like her as an actress. Wouldn't mind her in DCEU at all.

 

[regwec]

Plenty more cats in the...alley.

 

[Majik1387]

Am I the only one who doesn't want gangster/"gengsta" Penguin?

Is wanting a stout socialite with an affinity for birds and ties to the mobs and weapons dealings too little?

 

[Rodrigo90]

According to whom is he a "gangsta"? Because he has been a lot more than that for a number of decades.

Am I the only one who doesn't want gangster/"gengsta" Penguin?

Is wanting a stout socialite with an affinity for birds and ties to the mobs and weapons dealings too little?

I look at Leto's Joker and I'm thinking is his appearance to do with some modern spin? Is that what it means to update the meaning of gangster?
Never mind about keeping it consistent with the status quo. I haven't seen the Joker sport his classic costume or hairstyle for donkey years now in the comics.
So, I wonder if Ayer put a modern interpretation on a character that appeared under the 40's fashion and limitations? Joker, at first, he never wore his trademark tailcoat. It was a short suit with a long jacket, and as far as we can see, he's going to be wearing that same long coat.
I mean, are the tattoos extreme? Yes, they are. But Joker is just that; extreme.
I've come to think he is whatever a writer wants him to be. He's a new Joker for a new time.

It's the same they've done with Lex. No longer is he modeled on the 80's idea of a businessmen.

Should Penguin be treat in that same way? Should he be subjected to the same level of extremities? I have no idea what a modern representation of a gangster is, nor a "gentleman of crime"...but if it's anything like what I saw in Arkham Knight...then I hope they retain more of his classic features.

 

[Majik1387]

Well considering he's yet to fully be portrayed in live action as he is in the comics, I would see being entirely true to source material as a new thing the same way Leto's Joker is new.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Good point

 

[Eddie Dean]

Batman: The HBO series
Created by Christopher Nolan

Season One: Batman Begins

Jack Huston - Bruce Wayne

Timothy Dalton - Alfred Pennyworth

Kyle Chandler - Jim Gordon

Emmy Rossum - Rachel Dawes

Dominic West - Henri Ducard

Harry Treadaway - The Scarecrow

Wendell Pierce - Lucius Fox

Ian McShane - Carmine Falcone

W. Earl Browne - Flass

Powers Boothe - Mr. Earle

 

[Eddie Dean]

Season Two: The Dark Knight

Joe Anderson - The Joker

Philip Winchester - Harvey Dent

William Forsythe - Salvatore Maroni

Danny Trejo - The Mexican (The Chechen)

with guest stars Nestor Carbonell as The Mayor and William Fichtner as The Bank Manger

Season Three: The Dark Knight Rises

Lizzy Caplan - Selina Kyle

Rory McCann - Bane

Alexa Davalos - Miranda Tate

Jesse Plemons - John Blake

and guest starring Aiden Gillen as The CIA Agent

 

[regwec]

Dominic West is superb, and should be in DC movies somewhere.

He would make a pretty mean Harvey Dent.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

idk, would him as, Two Face, be to similar to his role as Jig Saw?

 

[regwec]

Who's "Jig Saw"?

 

[Gamma Goliath]

The villain from punisher war zone

 

[Mandon Knight]

Prior to Irons' casting in DoJ, I was all for Dalton as Alfred, he for me would have been my no 1 choice but Irons is a solid one, none the less.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Other thoughts on the HBO cast?

 

[Rowsdower!]

The villain from punisher war zone

Yeah. If you want to lose some respect for Dominic West, just watch that movie.

 

[Rodrigo90]

I shudder...

 

[Eddie Dean]

He's awesome in War Zone.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Fun, in a weird sort of way

 

[Rodrigo90]

Maisie Williams - Carrie Kelley/Robin

 

[Babillygunn]

Other thoughts on the HBO cast?

I guess I don't understand. Why would HBO remake the Nolan trilogy? Why not either do a new take on Batman or actually show the trilogy?

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I think its his idea if the trilogy didn't exist.

 

[Babillygunn]

Cool. I didnt get it at first.

 

[regwec]

It is quite off-topic.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Peter Weller for Freeze.