{"id":133864,"date":"2015-07-13T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=133864"},"modified":"2015-07-12T18:05:42","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T18:05:42","slug":"ben-affleck-admits-nerves-over-batman-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=133864","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck admits nerves over Batman role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Affleck, who takes over as Batman in next summer’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, has admitted some concerns about the caped crusader role.<\/p>\n

“If I thought too hard about the actors who played this part before, I couldn’t take the job,” he told fans gathered at Comic-Con in San Diego.<\/p>\n

But director Zack Snyder reassured the 42-year-old he was “perfect” casting.<\/p>\n

“He’s at the end of his rope. He’s older; he’s burned out… You’re perfect for it” Snyder told the star.<\/p>\n

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Director Zack Snyder stressed that the latest incarnation of Batman marked a change of course from previous films<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two-time Oscar winner Affleck follows in the footsteps of Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Christian Bale, as he steps into role of the masked vigilante – in a showdown with Henry Cavill’s Superman.<\/p>\n

Speaking at Comic-Con, where a new trailer for the film was shown, Affleck revealed an unexpected encounter with Bale – the previous incumbent of the Batman suit – in a store in LA.<\/p>\n

“Before we started the movie I was getting my kid a Hallowe’en costume. My son is really into Batman,” Affleck explained.<\/p>\n

“We went to a costume store in Los Angeles… it was pretty empty. And I was in the aisle and I heard this ‘Oi!’, and I turned around, and it’s Christian Bale!<\/p>\n

“And there he and I were, standing in the Batman section.”<\/p>\n

“I said, ‘Do you have any tips?’,” Affleck recalled. “‘And he said: ‘Make sure you can piss in that suit.'”<\/p>\n

Bale was also in the costume shop to buy his son a Batman suit, Affleck added: “He doesn’t just hang out [in the Batman aisle]”.<\/p>\n

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Former Batman star Christian Bale had some pertinent advice for Affleck about the infamous batsuit.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The film, a sequel to Snyder’s 2013 film Man of Steel, also stars Jeremy Irons as Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred, and introduces Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.<\/p>\n

British actor Irons said he wanted to recognise, but move away from, previous interpretations of his role.<\/p>\n

“Michael Caine was pretty amazing as Alfred, so I had big shoes to sit in. But he’s a little different my Alfred, so I think there are surprises in store.”<\/p>\n

Wonder woman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gadot – a star of the Furious franchise – spoke about how honoured she felt about playing Wonder Woman, immortalised on screen by Lynda Carter in the 1970s TV series.<\/p>\n

“Wonder Woman has all the strength of a superhero, and at the same time she’s very sophisticated, loving and has a lot of emotional intelligence.<\/p>\n

“So, for me, I feel very, very privileged to be the one who’s going to bring her back to life.”<\/p>\n

Also at Comic-Con on Saturday, Warner Bros, the studio behind Batman, revealed new footage from Peter Pan origin story Pan – from British director Joe Wright, and starring Hugh Jackman as villain Blackbeard.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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