“The studio wantedFreddie Prinze Jr.and I wanted Joaquin Phoenix,” Aronofsky said.
“I remember thinking, ‘Uh oh, we’re making two different films here.’
That’s a true story.

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It was a different time.
The Batman I wrote was definitely a way different punch in of take than they ended up making.”
“My Batman was too nice for him.
I’d say, ‘Batman wouldn’t do that, he wouldn’t torture anybody.'”
“That’s where my head went.”
Yet another Batman rebootis currently in production, withRobert Pattinsonstarring as the Dark Knight.