In related news, Stranger Things actor Jamie Campbell Bower has expressed interest in playing Scarecrow.īower, who portrayed the evil Vecna in season 4 of the Netflix series, was already a fan-favorite pick for Jonathan Crane, but we can't see Reeves revisiting that villain just yet after Cillian Murphy's more grounded take in Christopher Nolan's movies. Because I want people to see your face – not some avatar – and to understand truly what an incredible actor you are.’”Īlfred had a fairly small, if very important, role in the first movie, so let's hope his part is expanded a little for the sequel. “I remember when I signed on to The Batman, one of the first decisions I made, I said, ‘Andy, I want you to play Alfred, and I want to make it really emotional. In the profile, GQ notes that Reeves told them Serkis was his first and only choice to play Bruce Wayne's loyal ally. Not exactly a huge surprise, of course, but Serkis is a busy man these days, so it's nice to hear that no unforeseen scheduling conflicts popped up. While being interviewed for GQ, Andy Serkis ( Black Panther, Luther: The Fallen Sun) revealed that he will indeed return as Alfred Pennyworth for the upcoming sequel.
"Simon said, 'Well Jamie's now, you know, properly working, and is not telling too many rude jokes anymore,'" Bower joked on the podcast.Though we'll probably be waiting a while for any major new casting announcements for Matt Reeves' The Batman Part II, we do have confirmation that an actor from the first film will be reprising his role. While he didn't land the part, he eventually joined the franchise to play young Grindelwald in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1," a role that he reprised in "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald."Īccording to Bower, his London agent Simon Beresford (who also represents Voldemort actor Ralph Fiennes) put him up for the role when the production began to ask around. And I was like, 'Well, fucked that up."īower told Horowitz that he was up for the titular role of Harry Potter, which eventually went to Daniel Radcliffe. "And I told this joke in the audition, and there was again, this sort of air of silence after I said it. And it's a really, like, dirty joke, because it's about the Christmas tree up somebody's bottom," Bower said.
"I had just heard this joke about a fairy, like, the reason why the fairy sits on top of the Christmas tree.
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