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This A-List Actor Reveals He Almost Played Batman · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Several big stars have played Batman on
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Speaker 1: the big screen over the years, most recently Rob Pattinson
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Speaker 1: in The Batman, But it turns out there was almost
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Speaker 1: another a lister on the roll call. Josh Roland, the
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Speaker 1: Dune actor, revealed on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast he
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Speaker 1: was being considered as the Caped crusader for director Zack
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Speaker 1: Snyder's d C movies. Josh would have been the oldest
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Speaker 1: star to play Batman, by the way, and his age
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Speaker 1: would have been factored into the story, saying it would
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Speaker 1: have been the older, more raspy Batman. Honestly, that would
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Speaker 1: have been a fun part of the deal, and the
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Speaker 1: fact that some Batman movies and the actors portraying him
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Speaker 1: have been panned by critics actually appealed to Josh, adding,
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Speaker 1: something that is set up to not work at all
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Speaker 1: or to work fleetingly. I like playing with those odds, thinking,
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Speaker 1: am I the guy who's going to make it all fail?
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Speaker 1: In the end, Josh was ready to sign on, but
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Speaker 1: filmmakers decided to take it in another direction that's direct
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Speaker 1: from Hollywood.