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Ben Affleckhad some big plans for the villain in his scrapped Batman movie.
TheJustice Leagueactor, 50, revealed atZack Snyder’s Full Circle fan event over the weekend that he had “explored” different plans on how to introduceJoe Manganiello’s Deathstroke to the DC Extended Universe and tackle his story.
“There were a number of [ideas] that I was kind of exploring,” Affleck said, perThe Direct. “And, the plans were to make interesting, nuanced, complex characters, in particular to [Deathstroke].”
“Either you do a kind of massive one villain that is so formidable you just can’t imagine how your protagonist is going to be able to overcome it,” he explained. “Or you have to really sort of populate kind of [like] Injustice, these big group villains, where you have to get all these different characters.”
Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke.
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Affleck said he wanted Deathstroke to have “depth” as an adversary to Batman.
“So, I was at the time really trying to hone in and focus on that character and get into depth and detail about it to make him seem as impressive as I felt there was the opportunity to do,” Affleck said.
Manganiello, 46, whomade an appearancein the post-credits scene inZack Snyder’s Justice Leagueas Deathstroke, gave some details about what Affleck’s version of the story would have looked like in a 2020 interview withYahoo! Entertainment.
He said his character, whose real name is Slade Wilson, would have destroyed Bruce Wayne’s life as both a leading citizen in Gotham City and his private life as Batman.
Ben Affleck as Batman.Warner Bros. Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection
“It was a really dark storyin which Deathstroke was like a shark or a horror movie villain that was dismantling Bruce’s life from the inside out,” Manganiello said of Affleck’s film.
Adding, “It was this systemic thing: He killed everyone close to Bruce and destroyed his life to try and make him suffer because he felt that Bruce was responsible for something that happened to him.”
TheMagic Mikeactor added that Affleck’s film would have taken inspiration from director David Fincher, who Affleck worked with onGone Girl, drawing from his 1997 cult filmThe Game.
“It was really cool, really dark and really hard,” Manganiello continued. “I was excited very for it.”
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Warner Bros. announced in 2016, that Affleck would not only reprise his role as Batman in a new standalone project, but that he would also write and direct it.
However, theAiractor announced that he was dropping out of the film, and toldIGN in an interviewthat part of the reason why was becausehe was “never happy” with his scriptfor the action film.
source: people.com
