The biggest hurdle for Ben Affleck as Batman in ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ is going to be not just matching but eclipsing Christian Bale’s turn as the Dark Knight in Christopher Nolan’s beloved trilogy.

But before the rather divisive decision was made to cast the former ‘Daredevil’ actor as Bruce Wayne it was widely speculated that Zack Snyder was hounding Christian Bale to reprise his role for ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’.

It’s now been revealed that rumour was only half true, because Snyder has confessed that he wanted Bale in the ‘Man Of Steel’ sequel, but in a completely different role to Batman.

Snyder admitted to Film Ink that this would have been the ultimate proof that ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ was in a completely different universe and reality to ‘Batman Begins’, ‘The Dark Knight’, and ‘The Dark Knight Rises’.

“This is a total and opposite reality from the Chris Nolan movies,” Zack Snyder remarked. “It’s another universe, so we couldn’t hire Christian Bale if we wanted to, because he doesn’t exist in our world. Maybe we could hire him to play another part. We did talk about that briefly. I just wanted to hire Christian to play another part to make that obvious.”

Zack Snyder then joked that Bale could have been plastered with make-up and then portrayed Alfred Pennyworth, a role that Jeremy Irons has in ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice.’

Snyder also admitted that some folks over at Warner Bros. asked him who he’d be bringing back from Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, to which he’d have to explain, “In the Batman universe that Chris Nolan created, Superman would have a hard time existing.”

While casting Christian Bale in ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ would have been roundly celebrated, the instant revelation that he wasn’t playing the Caped Crusader would have felt like a kick in the nards to moviegoers across the world.

Also, if it had happened, it would have been virtually impossible for Ben Affleck to emerge from Christian Bale’s shadow especially if the actor was stood it in half the time. Thankfully Zack Snyder’s consideration that Christian Bale should appear in ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ in another role was as brief as it was stupid, and all parties have moved on.

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The Christian Bale-less ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ will finally be released at the end of this month on March 25.



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