Josh Brolin reveals he almost played Batman before Ben Affleck got it: 'That wasn't my decision'

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Thanos and Batman are two very different comic book characters, but Josh Brolin almost played them both.The actor, 54, revealed in an interview with MTV's Happy Sad Confused podcastthat he almost played Batman in Zack Snyder's DC films.Snyder ultimately decided to pass over the No Country For Old Men star and instead gave the role to Ben Affleck.

What could have been:Thanos and Batman are two very different comic book characters, but Josh Brolin almost played them both (pictured April 2022)'That was interesting to me,' Brolin said. 'That was his decision, that wasn’t my decision.' He continued, 'It would have been the older, the more raspy, for lack of a better word.Honestly, that would have been a fun deal.

And maybe I’ll do it when I’m 80.'In hindsight, Brolin may have dodged a bullet by losing out on the role because Affleck's tenure as Bruce Wayne has been filled with strife.

In talks:The actor, 54, revealed in an interview with MTV's Happy Sad Confused podcast that he almost played Batman in Zack Snyder's DC films Turned him down:Snyder ultimately decided to pass over the No Country for Old Men star and instead gave the role to Ben Affleck (Snyder pictured 2021)As with many people who worked on the Justice League movie, the Argo star admitted that it was a difficult experience for him in an EWinterview earlier this year.'I had a really nadir experience around Justice League for a lot of different reasons,' he told his close friend Matt Damon in January. 'Not blaming anybody, there's a lot of things that happened.