Ben Affleck is said to be a huge Batman fan (Picture: EPA)

The extent of Ben Affleck’s Batman fandom has been revealed by director Kevin Smith, who said that the Superman vs Batman star once showed him a Batcave he’d had built in his house.

Affleck has proven a controversial choice as the man to take over Batman’s utility belt from Christian Bale, but you can’t doubt his love for the comic book character.

Smith, who has made six films with Affleck, explained how he saw the actor’s Batcave for himself when he bought his home from him.

‘His house that I would end up buying, when I first saw it he was touring me through the place and said, ‘Come here, I gotta show you my room’,’ he told Hollywood Babble-On.




‘I was like, ‘No! You built a f***ing Batcave?’ And he was like, ‘No I built a Batcave entrance!’ When you went in behind the bookcase it was a panic room.’

Affleck stars opposite Henry Cavill in Superman vs Batman (Picture: File)

The Red State director, who has previously written comics for DC, went on to back his friend in his new superhero role, saying Affleck ‘makes absolute sense’ as Batman.

‘This dude has loved Batman going as far back as I can remember. He only did Daredevil because he loved Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns,’ he said.

‘He’s like, ‘They’re never going to make another Batman’, because this was after Batman had nipples. So he was like, ‘Daredevil’s cool, and Miller wrote him as well’. So he liked the character, but it was always rooted in Batman.

‘He’s always been into the notion. He’ll honour the character. I honestly think the dude’s a great actor, it makes absolute sense.’

The Argo director will be hoping to have considerably more success as Batman than the Daredevil though, a film which received a panning from critics in 2003.

Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel, believed to be titled Superman vs Batman, will be released in 2015.