Return of the ‘classic’ Batman

Actor Ben Affleck reprises the role of Batman in the upcoming Justice League movie, and he says that the ensemble project will see a return to a “classic” Batman tale, rather than the raging caped crusader of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.

“This is a very different dynamic for Bruce Wayne from the first movie, where he was full of anger and resentment and a kind of irrational rage towards Superman,” says Affleck, talking about playing the billionaire industrialist and vigilante. “Here [in this film], he really is in the mode of your more classic Batman story, where he’s more heroic, trying to save and protect people, trying to build this unit. That was a totally different thing.” All in all, the 45-year-old actor calls Batman a tough but sophisticated character. “He’s an as***le. It’s total typecast,” he says.

In the upcoming film, while Affleck plays the caped crusader, his co-star Gal Gadot plays Diana Prince/ Wonder Woman. Both Affleck and Gadot like the way their characters’ differences make them work well together, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I think both of them are very alpha-type. Both of them deal with their past and both of them will do everything to make a better world and fight crime and fight evil. So we share a lot in common,” said Gadot. “It’s like yin and yang. They work well together. He has everything she does not, she has everything that he doesn’t and they work for the same cause... She’s warmer and more loving and open and he’s more sophisticated,” she added.

PHOTO: LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS Ben Affleck, who plays the caped crusader in the upcoming Justice League movie, says Batman will be more ‘heroic’ in it