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Almost seven years have passed sinceBen Affleckfirst appeared onscreen asBatman, but the actor says he finally “nailed it” with his performance in DC Studios' upcoming movieThe Flash.
While speaking withThe Hollywood Reporterfor a cover story published Thursday that covered 50-year-old Affleck’s upcoming filmAir, his new production company and his relationship with the public, the actor briefly discussed his part in the upcomingEzra Miller-led superhero film.
“Yeah, I did finally figure out how to play that character, and I nailed it inThe Flash. For the five minutes I’m there, it’s really great,” Affleck said of his expected-to-be final appearance as Gotham’s dark knight in the upcoming movie.
Affleck, who has in the pastspoken negatively about his experience playing Bruce Wayne / Batman in 2017’sJustice League, told the outlet that “a lot of it’s just tone” when it came to figuring out how to play his character inThe Flash.
“You’ve got to figure out, what’s your version of the person? Who is the guy that fits what you can do? I tried to fit myself into a Batman,” he said, noting that he did “like a lot of the stuff we did” with the character, particularly in 2016’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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The actor added thatJustice League’s issues ranged “from production to bad decisions to horrible personal tragedy, and just ending with the most monstrous taste in my mouth,” though he did praise Snyder, 57, for eventually reworking the film into 2021’sZack Snyder’s Justice League.
“Say what you want, it is my highest-rated career movie. I’ve never had one that went from nadir to pinnacle,” he noted of the director’s cut. “Retroactively, it’s a hit. All of a sudden I was getting congratulated for the bomb I’m in.”
The Flashsees Affleck return as Batman along withMichael Keaton, who played Batman in 1989’sBatmanand 1992’sBatman Returns, for a time-traveling, multiverse story that co-CEO of DC Studios James Gunn recently said “resets everything” for the franchise, perDeadline.
The Flashzooms into theaters June 16.
source: people.com
