Now that Ben Affleck has announced that he will no longer play Batman in the long-running franchise, speculation is rampant as to who will be the next person to don the cape and cowl. The actor chosen to play the Caped Crusader is much like the actor chosen to play James Bond, and the choice to play the dual roles of Bruce Wayne and Batman is scrutinized, cheer, and lambasted almost as much as the choice for 007 every fifteen years or so.

So although Men’s Health has come out with its own list of actors who could step in for Affleck, we thought it necessary to have one of our own. Not because we thought their list was incomplete or full of shitty choices, but because we thought it would be interesting to name successors that were more fitting for the stylish alter ego of Bruce Wayne. We wanted to come up with a list of actors who had the style chops

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Pictured: Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Jake Gyllenhaal, Armie Hammer, Michael B. Jordan, Henry Cavill, Sam Worthington, Wes Bentley, Nicholas Hoult, Zachary Quinto.

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