Yes, Affleck's initial script was apparently Deathstroke-centric from a villain perspective. That's another reason why he also cameo'd in the post-credits scene with Lex in Justice League.
Chalk it up as another actor more than willing to play as the character (Joe) and who shows excitement for it where the studio just won't green light the character any further.
I'm actually quite fine with Pattinson (will be officially known as Robert Battinson). I was one who hated the Affleck casting (and came around to become a huge fan) and I honestly haven't had a front runner in my mind since Affleck left. Everyone so far but Clooney pulled off a fairly respectable take on Bruce/Bats.
Catwoman, Joker, Bane, Two-Face all have multiple live action roles.
Ivy, Freeze, Riddler, Scarecrow, Penguin, the al-Ghul's, have all had one, but I think Riddler and Freeze deserve second looks before Penguin and Ivy.
I might be missing some, I'm doing this from the top of my head.
I want a detective Batman up against The Riddler. That's all I've wanted for a long time.
I was over on another site talking about the whole Pattison/Hoult thing and someone came up with a great idea. Have Hoult play the Riddler. Once I heard that I was like that is a fantastic idea. Hoult would be a great Riddler.
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Sebastian Stan would be my choice for playing Batman but I trust in Reeves. It would be neat to have Penguin appear throughout the next trilogy like Nolan' s Scarecrow did but I really don't want Catwoman and Penguin as main villains (again)
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I've thought for a while that Pattinson would make a good Joker, looks wise at least, so bit surprised to see him as the frontrunner for the Batman role, but I'd be interested to see how he does. I have no real frame of reference in terms of his acting. I didn't need to see a second of the Twilight films to know they weren't for me, and I don't think I've seen him in anything else. I plan to rectify that by giving Good Time a watch since everyone seems to be pointing that one out as a good example of his acting ability.
Regardless, I'm happy to give him a chance. There's a long, sad history of actors being written off by fanboys only to end up actually killing it in the role, so I don't see the point in bitching about it until we have a final product to view.
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I have said for a long time they could get really interesting with Riddler if they took him more seriously and maybe made him something along the lines of Kevin Spacey's villain in Seven. Always staying one step ahead of everyone. Setting up some seriously dark crimes and maybe he's got a "theme" he's following ,etc.