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12 Actors Who Might Have Been Batman

By:: Shea

February 22, 2022

12 Actors Who Might Have Been Batman

If things had worked out only a little bit differently, Nicholas Hoult could be donning the suit for the new Batman. Here's more information on that, as well as 11 other actors who were at one time in talks to play our beloved Bruce Wayne.

12 Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett Hartnett turned down the role to Batman in Batman Begins, which he regrets, saying, People don't like being told no. I don't like it. I learned my lesson when Christopher Nolan and I talked about Batman. I decided it wasn't for me. Then he didn't want to put me in The Prestige. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Guardian

11 Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Johnny Depp talked to Tim Burton about playing Batman in Batman Begins, saying Burton (the producer) was trying to get him a shot at the role, but the director and movie heads turned it down. CRACKED.COM — Source: Comic Book Movie

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10 Armier Hammer

Armie Hammer Hammer got the part of Bruce Wayne in Justice League: Mortal...until it was scrapped after the writer's strike of 2008. CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

9 Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Source Gyllenhaal was in the running to play Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins. That's not the only superhero he's almost been... Gyllenhaal almost played Spider-Man in Spider-Man 2 when Tobey Maguire was on the fence about returning. CRACKED.COM — Source: Daily Mail

8 Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Brolin was in the running to play Batman in Batman V Superman but would go on to say, We indirectly talked about it, but we never got to the point because I wasn't the guy for him. I'm really glad it didn't happen. I haven't thought twice about it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Comic Book Movie

7 Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger Nolan originally talked to Ledger about playing the part of Batman in Batman Begins. Ledger turned him down but luckily accepted Dark Knight's supervillain instead, and the script was written with him as the Joker in mind. CRACKED.COM — Source: MTV

6 Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson Tim Burton's Batman almost had Mel Gibson as Bruce Wayne, but he was already under contract for Lethal Weapon 2. CRACKED.COM — Source: MovieHole

5 Nicholas Hoult

Nicholas Hoult The Batman's titular character came down between Robert Pattison and Hoult, both wearing a suit for a final screentest. CRACKED.COM — Source: Hollywood Reporter

4 Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy The Scarecrow actor originally auditioned for the role of Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins. Не even screentested with Amy Adams who was serving as an audition reader. CRACKED.COM — Source: Hollywood Reporter

3 William Baldwin

William Baldwin The actor has voiced Batman in Justice League, but he was also one of the top choices for Batman in Batman & Robin. Не once said, That Friday afternoon, I thought I was playing Batman - and then Monday morning, the headlines in the trades said that George Clooney had gotten the part. So apparently, I did actually come very close. CRACKED.COM — Source: Comic Book Movie

2 Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke Ethan Hawke turned down being Batman in Batman Returns, saying, This was after Tim Burton's, before the bad period. I just didn't want to go to the Knicks game and have everybody go, 'Wow, you were a great Batman!' Now I wish I'd done it, because I could have used it to do other things. CRACKED.COM — Source: Details

1 Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan The James Bond actor said Tim Burton approached him about playing Batman but he turned him down because I just couldn't really take it seriously, any man who wears his underpants outside his pants just cannot be taken seriously. That was my foolish take on it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Pierce Brosnan's AMA

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