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You Won't Believe Who Was Almost Cast As Batman · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. The casting of Joaquin Phoenix as the
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Speaker 1: Joker is already the stuff of legend. I mean, the
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Speaker 1: guy won an Academy Award for his portrayal, after all.
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Speaker 1: But it turns out Joaquin was this close to landing
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Speaker 1: the role on the other side of Good and Evil Batman.
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Speaker 1: Darren Aronofski, the acclaimed director of movies from Black Swan
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Speaker 1: to The Wrestler, just revealed the story to Empire Magazine.
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Speaker 1: He was hired to make a Batman movie in the
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Speaker 1: early two thousands that ended up what never happening. Darren
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Speaker 1: chose Joaquin for Batman, but the studio wasn't feeling it.
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Speaker 1: They wanted Freddie Prince Jr. In fact, Darren so wanted
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Speaker 1: Joaquin as the Cape Crusader that when the studio rejected
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Speaker 1: that idea, Darren decided he was not going to make
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Speaker 1: the movie after all. But considering all these years later,
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Speaker 1: Joakin won an Oscar playing Batman's least favorite person on
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Speaker 1: the planet, He's probably more than comfortable with the studio's decision.
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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.