Ben Affleck Opens Up About Batman Return in The Flash Movie

| October 4, 2021 |

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Batman Ben Affleck — *Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures*

It's hardly a underground at this signal: The Wink flick will run across the render of not just one Batman but 2. The first is Michael Keaton, who makes a shocking improvement every bit the original large-screen Dark Knight, this time to mentor Ezra Miller'south Barry Allen during the speedster's risk through the DC multiverse. It'due south unexpected, to say the least.

But even more surprising is the fact that Ben Affleck is also reprising his role every bit the DCEU'due south Caped Crusader for another become at the character he initially left behind just a few short years agone after 2017'south troubled Justice League . The topic of many reports and much fan speculation, Affleck has finally set the record direct nigh his render, confirming that he's back — and recent set photos confirm it's indeed in the greatcoat and cowl.

"It was a really dainty manner to revisit that every bit the prior experience had been hard," he told Variety while promoting The Tender Bar , which stars Affleck and just and then happens to be directed by another quondam Batman, George Clooney. The film is out in December on Amazon Prime Video. "This was really lovely. Actually fun," Affleck said of his experience filming The Flash . "I had a slap-up time."

He stopped curt of sharing any actual details almost the extent of his role — rumor has information technology he filmed all his scenes in September behind closed doors. "I'g probably under some gag order that I'm not even aware that I probably just violated and I'm at present going to be sued."

Affleck became Batman in what will probably exist looked back on as ane of the almost tumultuous eras for the World's Greatest Detective on the large screen. After Christopher Nolan's Nighttime Knight trilogy brought respect back to the superhero that had become a laughing stock in Hollywood by the late '90s, largely thanks to Clooney'south plow in Joel Schumacher'southward Batman & Robin , Warner Bros' fledgling DCEU took the Caped Crusader in yet another direction. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice presented a much darker version of the Dark Knight, a securely paranoid fascist who had no problem branding and killing criminals or beating the Man of Steel to a pulp. If Clooney'southward Batman was too featherbrained, Affleck's turn was the grimdark antithesis, made worse past a nonsensical script that saw the DCEU start out of the gate already limping.

While Batman lightened up for Justice League , in which he led the pantheon of DC superheroes confronting the forces of Apokoliptian villain Steppenwolf, the movie itself turned out to be a critical and financial disaster for Warner Bros. Although it can exist argued that BvS didn't really fix this large squad-up film for an Avengers -level success, strife backside the scenes certainly didn't aid. Many reports accept come out in the years since the movie's release nigh the events that led to original director Zack Snyder being replaced by Joss Whedon, whose ain allegedly toxic tenure made working atmospheric condition for the cast and crew even worse. For better or worse, Snyder got some other shot at his version of Justice League before this year, which at the very least adds much needed context and depth to some of the theatrical release's virtually confusing plotlines.

Affleck's Batman has yet to really become a win in theaters, but maybe third time'due south the charm, peculiarly in the hands of director Andy Muschietti, who recently turned Stephen King'south Information technology into a critical success and a major blockbuster — the first horror picture ever to give even the superhero genre a run for its money. At the very least, seeing Keaton and Affleck sharing the screen every bit two different Batmen should make for a memorable pop culture moment.

The Flash hits theaters on Nov. four, 2022.