Josh Brolin Reveals He Was Almost Tapped to Play Batman Pre-Ben Affleck

Josh Brolin just got the brains of cartoon fan boys to explode – he says he was almost set to play Dark Knight once … that is, until the director got involved Ben Affleck instead.

The veteran actor – who already has a couple of superhero / evil roles now in Thanosina (“Avengers”) and Cable (“Deadpool 2”) – unveiled MTV this week “Happy Sad Confused“podcast … when they asked him about losing the role of Batman.

Brolin confirmed … yes, Zack Snyder had actually approached him when he got up for “Batman v Superman” – and it sounds like JB was involved and was fully prepared to do it.

But as he explains, Snyder eventually decided to go with BA – which is annoying (for some fans) because Brolin would have been more loyal to the Batman version filmed in the movie … namely, the older version of “The Dark Knight Returns” (cartoon).

This is a weed, but Snyder shuffled the story into his 2016 film – including the one where Batman fights for Superman – and decided to hire a younger Batsy and give up much of the comic story, including the fact that Superman was in government. military.

You can tell that Brolin was excited about the opportunity to wear a cloak and cap … and even shouted. George Clooney his turn to the character, no matter how aroused.

Here’s the good news … Brolin might actually get another bite of an apple here – assuming someone at the recently merged Discovery-Warner is listening. There are a lot of changes on the horizon … including Discovery honchos is said to want renovation DCEU.

This requires restarting and reviving basic characters (like Superman) and maybe even later – maybe Batman again. Robert Pattinson seems to be in the driver’s seat for now – but if Discovery wants to take a new swing in “TDR,” Brolin might be their husband.