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Richard Armitage reveal that he was in the running to playBatmanin the DC Extended Universe . The British worker was already a familiar font to viewers in the United Kingdom due to persona in the likes ofSpooks(MI-5 in the U.S. ) but came to outside protuberance after starring as Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’sThe Hobbittrilogy . Since his stint in Middle earth , Armitage has continued his wide-ranging career , appear in moving-picture show , television serial and on stage and is currently on promotional duty forOcean ’s 8 . Armitage has also seem in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a small function inCaptain America : The First Avengerbut has yet to make a DCEU appearance .
Once Christian Bale hung up his cape and cowl upon the conclusion of Christopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knighttrilogy , Warner Bros. began looking for a Modern Bruce Wayne that would take shape part of their planned shared population . In a move that provoked prompt lover backlash , Ben Affleck was finally cast in the iconic role and has thus far appeared inBatman V. Superman : Dawn of JusticeandJustice League , with a small cameo inSuicide Squadto kick .
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However , the office could have been very unlike indeed . speak withDigital Spy , Armitage revealed that he do very close to playing the DCEU ’s Batman and was deep into the audition unconscious process before ultimately being turned down . The worker states :
" There was a fiddling flurry once upon a time just after I ’d come out ofThe Hobbitwhere I audition for Batman , it was at the same clock time that Christian Bale was leaving , there were about five or six actors that were in line for that character , so I go through quite a cognitive process with that . "
Armitage showed enough incubation , heroic anger as Thorin Oakenshield andSpooks ' Lucas North to suggest that he would ’ve had the tools necessary to play the Caped Crusader and both of those reference could be described as have a sometimes skewed sense of justice , similar to Batman . Armitage is also around the same age as Affleck and doubtless could have provide the form of honest-to-goodness , jaded interlingual rendition of Batman that has been featured in theDCEUthus far .
This revelation perhaps begs the doubtfulness of whether or not the casting of Armitage would ’ve attracted the same level of anger from fans as Affleck ’s at long last did . give that the Brit has the appropriate physical coming into court ( a sort of upper - class ruggedness , perhaps ) and has n’t appeared in the cinematic misfire that often mark Affleck out as a figure of ridicule , it seems distinctly possible that the DC buff base would ’ve been more receptive to Armitage than Affleck .
Whether Armitage ’s performance would ’ve beenbetter received criticallyasBatmanis another issue however , and given how factious the DCEU has been thus far ( Wonder Womanaside ) , perhaps the actor feels a little eased that he did n’t down the part and can instead bear out for another bighearted funny book of account theatrical role in the future . After all , Marvel could soon be seeking a new Wolverine if theirdeal with Disneygoes through and Armitage has already lent his outspoken talent to that fabled role .
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reservoir : Digital Spy
