Ben Affleck Reveals The Greatest Factor He Hated About Taking part in Batman

Did Ben Affleck really hate being Batman? The actor reveals the toughest half about taking up the position of the enduring Caped Crusader within the DC Universe.

Ben Affleck’s time as Batman will definitely go down as one of many oddest tenures of any actor in a superhero position. His time because the character coincided with probably the most controversial instances within the historical past of the DC Universe, with the franchise being tossed from studio head to studio head and each challenge plagued with reshoots up the wazoo.

Nonetheless, evidently none of that was a deal breaker for Ben Affleck. Reasonably, there was one particular factor that basically obtained his goat when it got here to enjoying Batman: The batsuits. In accordance with the actor, the costumes have been very stuffy and sweaty, resulting in very uncomfortable and exhausting days of filming no matter challenge he was on.

“I hated the Batsuits. The Batsuits are horrendous to put on,” Affleck defined to GQ. “They’re sizzling for one factor. They don’t breathe. They’re made to look the way in which they need them to look. There’s no thought put into the human being. So what occurs is that you just simply begin sweating. I’m already — I sweat, you recognize what I imply? So in that factor, you’d simply be pouring water.”

“It simply made it troublesome to make the film, since you’re so sizzling. It additionally doesn’t make you’re feeling very heroic, since you’re immediately exhausted and actually sweaty. Perhaps Christian [Bale] or Rob [Pattinson], guys like that, have been simply higher at coping with it.” 

Will Ben Affleck Return As Batman?

As of proper now, it appears as if Ben Affleck has hung up the cowl for good. The actor has beforehand gone on report concerning the emotional turmoil he went by whereas enjoying the half, and that he’s already stated goodbye to his time as the enduring character. If he ever does return to the DC Universe, it probably wouldn’t be for a very long time to come back.

Nonetheless, there nonetheless exists a script of a Batman film starring Ben Affleck that by no means noticed that gentle of day. Whereas it’ll probably by no means get made, with James Gunn already having a author helming the brand new Batman franchise for the DC Universe, it’s attainable that it might be launched or tailored into a comic book as one last victory lap for Affleck.

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