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15 Actors Who Were Close To Being In The DCEU

Landing a role in a big superhero film can set up an actor for a lifetime of Comic-Con appearances.  Here are 15 performers who will never know just how sweet it could have been.

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SEAN PENN JOR-EL CRACKED COM Penn, Clive Owen and Russell Crowe were up for the part of Superman's pop, with Crowe landing the right to get his ass ki

Indie Wire

14

RYAN GOSLING BATMAN His name has been tossed around to play the Dark Knight in the inevitable Joker 2. Gosling: I don't think anybody wants that.

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13

RON PERLMAN SWAMP THING Perlman had been linked to Swamp Thing in Justice League Dark, but he dismissed it as urban myth Internet noise. (Translatio

Cinema Blend

12

ROBIN WILLIAMS RIDDLER CRAGKEDCON Williams was practically begging to be cast in Nolan's Batman films. Chris, call me, I'll do anything. I could be a

Syfy

11

OPRAH WINFREY AMANDA WALLER CRACKED COM Oprah was Warner Brothers' first choice for director of deadly government assignments. YOU get a suicide miss

Variety

10

OLGA KURYLENKO WONDER WOMAN She screen-tested for the Amazon princess wearing a bathing suit and leather boots. As one does.

Syfy

9

NICOLE KIDMAN QUEEN HIPPOLYTA CRACKED COM Kidman and WB had a tentative deal in place but she lost the role due to that vilest of enemies, scheduling

Screen Rant

8

MATT BOMER SUPERMAN CRACKED COMT Bomer revealed on a podcast that he was set to play the Man of Steel for JJ Abrams back in 2002. His Lois Lane would

Bustle

7

ADAM DRIVER LEX LUTHOR This one could still happen, with Driver on the short list to play Superman's arch-enemy somewhere in the Jokerverse.

Comic Book Resources

6

JON HAMM BATMAN Hamm threw his cowl in the ring for a Batman role. I am a huge comic book fan, I have read comic books since I was nine or younger..

Cinema Blend

5

JESSE EISENBERG JIMMY OLSEN Zach Snyder's original plan for Jimmy Olsen: make him more sinister, then kill him off a few minutes in. In other words, Z

Collider

4

EMMA ROBERTS HARLEY QUINN CRAGKEDCOM Reportedly offered the role as the Cupid of Crimes but turned it down to star on television's Scream Queens.

ScreenRant

3

COLIN FERRELL CONSTANTINE Justice League Dark has long been in Development Hell, with colin Farrell's Constantine one of the unfortunate casualties.

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ALEC BALDWIN THOMAS WAYNE GRAGKED.COM Baldwin was cast as Batman's daddy in Joker but pulled out due to scheduling issues. It's not easy being host of

USA Today

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JOHN CENA SHAZAM Fans had a field day photoshopping Cena's head onto Shazam costumes but alas, it was not meant to be.

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