Joaquin Phoenix won plenty of acclaim for his performance in Joker as the titular villain – but he was originally approached to play the opposite superhero role: Batman!
Director Darren Aronofsky made the revelation in a new interview with Empire. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Joaquin Phoenix He spoke about his failed comic book movie, Batman: Year One, and revealed he wanted Joaquin to play the title character. “The studio wanted Freddie Prinze Jr and I wanted Joaquin Phoenix.
I remember thinking, ‘Uh oh, we’re making two different films here.’ That’s a true story. It was a different time. The Batman I wrote was definitely a way different type of take than they ended up making,” he said.
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