2014 Movie News Archives

February 19, 2014: Seth Green Speaks Out Against Ben Affleck as Batman

Superman/Batman Movie Speaking on Ora TV's "Larry King Now" program, comedian/actor (and huge comic book fan) Seth Green has spoken out against the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman for the upcoming follow-up to "Man of Steel".

    "If this movie is meant to be the idealistic alien, humans before all else Superman, and this is supposed to be the grizzled weathered Batman who's been living in Gotham, fighting crime himself for 10 years, you need a guy who's older. You need a guy who's got more weight. You need a guy that a Henry Cavill Superman is gonna be actually scared of," explained Green.

    "You have to remember that Batman is just a dude. He's got no powers. So the fact that Superman is scared of him says something about the gravitas he carries. And it's not just because he's willing to kill. It's because he's scary," continued Green.

    When King defended Affleck as an actor, Green countered, "Yes, but there is only so much you can act a role before people are or are not going to believe you in that role. I'm never going to play a MMA fighter, because I'd step into the ring with an actual MMA fighter like Batista, and I wouldn't look correct, so there is a physicality of it."

Source: Larry King Now



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