# Ben Affleck to play Batman **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935 "2013-08-23T01:48:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/21 "2013-08-23T03:58:21Z")
If Michael Keaton could play Batman, why not Affleck? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/22 "2013-08-23T04:08:41Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I thought he was just fine in **Daredevil** … Now you’ve given me the mental picture of Superman constantly having to save Batman because he keeps losing in every fight, only barely surviving each time. Shudder. But I wouldn’t put it past these guys. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/23 "2013-08-23T04:10:22Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > _I’m Batman_. And I’m wicked smaht. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/24 "2013-08-23T04:17:00Z")
So Bruce Wayne is going to have a southie accent? Fuck this. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/25 "2013-08-23T04:20:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Right. 'Cause he did such a great job as Daredevil. Excuse me a moment… > Nooooooooooooooo! Maybe they’re TRYING to kill the franchise. Which would be all to the good, AFAIAC. Everybody since Adam West takes the character too damn seriously. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/26 "2013-08-23T04:32:49Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > If Michael Keaton could play Batman, why not Affleck? The costume does all the work anyway, as I think Jack The Joker Nicholson said about it. I enjoyed Keaton’s Batman anyway. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/27 "2013-08-23T04:34:34Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I can see it. I bet he does it justice. Only if he’s prepared - otherwise he’s out of his league. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/28 "2013-08-23T04:35:54Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > And I’m wicked smaht. Yeah I was going to say, I enjoyed his performance in **The Town** , but not being American I don’t know if the accents were over the top. > [@Siam Sam](#): > > If Michael Keaton could play Batman, why not Affleck? And, as further provocation, I think Keaton is a pretty good comedy actor. But he clearly wasn’t right for that role. Michael Keaton as Batman is proof we’re in a wacky alternate universe, and not the main line. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/29 "2013-08-23T05:24:05Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Ben Affleck is a fine actor, groupthink to the contrary notwithstanding. No, he’s not. Ben Affleck is not a good actor. However, and this is _Huge_, the guy knows how to make movies. That’s why it could work. The thing about Batman, is he works better when he doesn’t emote at all. People loved the Christian Bale batman, but nobody _ever_ talks about how he showed his acting chops in those movies. He’s a good actor, but playing Batman doesn’t take a whole lot of emotional range. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/30 "2013-08-23T05:35:44Z")
Missed the edit window. I guess what I’m saying is that if they force Affleck to be just an actor… it won’t be very good. But if he’s got input in the writing and directing, it truly might kick ass. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/31 "2013-08-23T06:01:35Z")
There are people who think Michael Keaton was a good choice for Batman? I guess if your view of Batman is influenced by Adam West it makes sense, but not to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/32 "2013-08-23T06:52:19Z")
Best Batman performer? Kevin Conroy. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/33 "2013-08-23T08:07:06Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > Missed the edit window. > > I guess what I’m saying is that if they force Affleck to be just an actor… it won’t be very good. But if he’s got input in the writing and directing, it truly might kick ass. If he just maybe STAYS in the writing and directing, it could truly kick ass if hey cast anyone else instead of him. Shit, Crispin Glover would be way more believable. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/34 "2013-08-23T08:51:14Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I thought he was just fine in **Daredevil** , and don’t understand the hatred (other than people sneering at the Bennifer thing). He was very good in movies like **Bounce, Good Will Hunting, Shakespeare in Love, Argo** and **Hollywoodland**. He also did a fine job in The Town and The Company Men. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/35 "2013-08-23T09:18:47Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > If he just maybe STAYS in the writing and directing, it could truly kick ass if hey cast anyone else instead of him. Shit, Crispin Glover would be way more believable. It’s even trcikier than that. This isn’t a Batman movie - it a Superman movie. To hell with the casting, the writing is going to be paramount ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/36 "2013-08-23T10:20:49Z")
There’s also going to be Matt Damon as Robin. Well, no, not that I know of, but the joke just writes itself, doesn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/37 "2013-08-23T10:50:26Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Eh, I’ve never really understood the Affleck hate. Besides, it’s not like it’s a role that demands Brando-level acting. I don’t either,I enjoyed most of his movies. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/38 "2013-08-23T11:36:58Z")
[Well, maybe if they both go bearded and shirtless it’ll be a great movie.](https://www.google.com/search?q=ben+affleck&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=70gXUpeeNLiq4APy8oGIBA&biw=1124&bih=727&sei=80gXUr6oBfao4APM-YDgDQ) Besides, you know Ben can do bromance. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/39 "2013-08-23T11:38:07Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > There’s also going to be Matt Damon as Robin. [No.](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=347471242052832&set=a.239861936147097.61015.227529177380373&type=1&theater) ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935/40 "2013-08-23T12:44:02Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > And I’m wicked smaht. I’ve seen it suggested that he abruptly switch to a full on Boston accent while wearing the Batman suit. Could work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935.md?page=3)