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Ben Affleck On Quitting Batman: “I Couldn’t Crack It”

Staff WriterbyStaff Writer
February 15, 2019
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Actor Ben Affleck has finally commented on stepping away from the Batman role for the first time since the news was reported. Last month, it was reported that Matt Reeves’ The Batman would feature a younger actor instead of Justice League actor. While fans were hoping that it was just a hiatus from the character, Affleck has now confirmed that he has retired from Batman.

Affleck appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote his new Netflix film Triple Frontier and explain his decision not to continue as the Dark Knight.

“I tried to direct a version of it and worked with a really good screenwriter, but just couldn’t come up with a version – I couldn’t crack it,” he said. “And so it was time to let someone take a shot at it. They’ve got some really good people.”

To be honest, it’s probably for the best. The Argo actor seemed very interested in playing the character in Joss Whedon’s version of Justice League. There was definitely a lack of the passion we saw in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman and earlier cuts of Justice League. “I couldn’t crack it” probably translates to “I got tired of doing it.” After all, many fans agree that the take of the character we saw in Justice League was inconsistent and nothing like the character Affleck signed up for. Instead of being a gritty, angry and dark Batman we saw earlier on, he became a smiling, Superman-loving, joke-cracking, Dark Knight who didn’t even use the shadows to hide or strike fear into his enemies. The World’s Greatest Detective deserves better than that.

Kimmel and Affleck continued the evening by having a small retirement ceremony, with Affleck delivering a twist on the iconic line: “I’m not Batman.”

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  1. Carlo Hendricks says:
    2 years ago

    I call BS. The man has already proven he is a master filmmaker, both behind the pen and the camera.
    As much as I am sad he pulled away from this, the WB top brass was also holding this project in limbo for a while, and he also was taking an Atlean task by placing the script and directorial duties as well as the role of Batman on his shoulders. For the character, this is just an impossible task for any one man to complete. And no matter how good the final product would be, the global troll movement would still scar him psychologically for life.
    WB needs to allow Geoff Johns carte blanche with the DC universe and focus on building good stories and fun, instead of milking the same old characters to death.

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