A Different Possibility for Bruce Wayne
POSTED BY: ShinyDS
UPDATED: Monday, August 4, 2008 23:49
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I've always pictured Bruce Wayne as a bright and intelligent man-about-town with a dual personality who's other half is quite dark (well duh). What I mean is in my mind I thought of him as a super sleuth with a deeply troubling mean streak and the great ability to hide it in his public persona - Bruce Wayne.
Christian Bale pulls off a solid credible perf (with the script he was given). Although I feel that the Batman/Joker angle of the movie was played up more so than the Bruce Wayne storyline, I thought all perfs were very solid - even Maggie Gylenhall (although I thought she was miscast, Katie Holmes was no better or worse either). But I'm not quite sure about Nathan playing Batman.
On the other hand, he could quite possibly pull off Bruce Wayne - he does have that dark brooding thing going for him. Given the right script, one that would highlight Bruce Wayne's storyline as much as the Batman story, then you may have a good vehicle for Nathan on your hands.
In my opinion, I don't think anyone has really captured BW (well as I have it pictured in my mind anyway). So no, I don't think Nathan would be right for the role.
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By all means cast Nathan wherever and whenever he's castable...but for the sake of discussion, Viggo "Aragorn" Mortensen, anyone? He's already shown his skill at portraying the strong, silent, slightly disturbed type, not to mention the fighting and sword-play.
It was like Batman with a sword and no funny mask when we got here!
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I don't see Nathan as Bruce. He just doesn't look the part to me. Christian Bale at least looks the part somewhat.
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Originally posted by WASHnwear:
but for the sake of discussion, Viggo "Aragorn" Mortensen, anyone?
Well, I've only seen him in a couple roles. At the moment, I'm having trouble picturing him in that role, but that doesn't mean he couldn't do it. I'd just have to see it to know where he would be going with that one.
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Originally posted by ShinyDS:Quote:
Originally posted by WASHnwear:
but for the sake of discussion, Viggo "Aragorn" Mortensen, anyone?
Well, I've only seen him in a couple roles. At the moment, I'm having trouble picturing him in that role, but that doesn't mean he couldn't do it. I'd just have to see it to know where he would be going with that one.
Granted, he's a lot easier to imagine as Batman than as Bruce Wayne. I think he'd do charming and urbane pretty well, but it might be a little too subdued...
My other "dark horse" nominee is Gary Coleman.
It was like that when we got here!
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