Pierce Brosnan would have been Batman if it wasn’t for ‘stupid’ comment
Pierce Brosnan has had an incredible acting career to date, but he could have added another huge role to his career.
The former James Bond actor appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (11 October) when he revealed that he once auditioned to be Batman.
This was for the 1989 Batman directed by Tim Burton, and Brosnan revealed how he said something stupid during the audition which may have cost him the job.
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The Mamma Mia actor started by talking to Jimmy Fallon about his new role as Doctor Fate: saying: "It was the last thing on my mind to be playing a superhero like Doctor Fate."
He added that he has rarely been offered roles in superhero films during his career.
He continued: "No, not really no. I mean, I went up for ‘Batman’ way back in the day when Tim Burton was doing it. Obviously, I didn’t get the job.
"I remember saying something stupid to Tim Burton, I said, ‘You know I can’t understand any man who would wear his underpants outside his trousers.’ But there you go…the best man got the job, and you know Doctor Fate and I were meant to meet on the same page I think."
Michael Keaton then went on to get the role of the famed DC superhero and starred in Batman and Batman Returns.
Keaton has even reprised his role in recent years for The Flash, which Warner Bros. is set to release in 2023.
Brosnan will soon be appearing as Doctor Fate in the upcoming DC Comics superhero movie, Black Adam, which is set to hit cinemas on 21 October.
The 69-year-old will work alongside Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the newest movie from DC.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, the film's director Jaume Collet-Serra described the Doctor Fate character and the need for an appropriate actor to play him.
He said: "You need a special actor to play, basically, a legend.
"Dr. Fate is a very powerful being, so you need someone like Pierce who can play powerful without it being overly done. He can do it in a very subtle way.
"I mean, he’s one of the coolest people in the world – he was James Bond! But as a person, he’s magnetic, so warm with such gravitas."
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Topics: Film and TV, Batman
Callum Jones