‘Tenet’ Star John David Washington Doesn’t Want To Play Batman But Would Play The Joker If He Was “From Compton Or Something”
John David Washington is one of the most talked-about actors of this generation and could be poised for stardom in the superhero genre.
If the right role comes along, he’d undoubtedly be shortlisted by either Disney or Warner Bros., who own everything DC including Batman. However, Washington is content with Pattinson and wouldn’t mess with current casting when it comes to playing The Caped Crusader.
“We’ve got a great Batman right now. Rob Pat. No disrespect,” he said to Josh Horowitz on a recent episode of The Happy Sad Confused podcast.
The second-generation actor added, rather playfully, that he would consider playing an iteration of The Joker as long as the character has one specific twist.
“You know, if there was, if there was a, you know, a Joker from Compton or something. South side of Gotham, south side of, you know, Chicago, you know, I would explore,” he said.
There are a few out there who like this idea. They may not have watched or simply blocked from memory the last season of Batwoman, which tried and failed to introduce a Clown Prince of Color that could stick around.
He didn’t as, like that show, Black Joker went over like a lead balloon. Still, playing devil’s advocate, DC cinema writ large has shown us there is room at the box office for multiple and unique takes on the character, however fleetingly.
All you have to do is look at Joker to see how successful a wholesale reimagining of Mr. J can be; and then take a gander at Joker: Folie a Deux’s reception to figure out how disastrously it can go when they go to that well once too often.
Washington would also address who/what are his ideal Batman and Catwoman. Like many, he prefers Tim Burton’s films and Michelle Pfeiffer’s iconic performance and costume in Batman Returns.
“Tim Burton’s Batman was like, what I was all about. And then obviously, Chris Nolan took what he did with it, but, Yeah, I loved Batman. I had the toys, I had the Batmobile, I loved, I didn’t know why, but I just love Michelle Pfeiffer. Her outfit…” he explained. (I think we all know what he means.)
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