As part of a wide-ranging interview with The Hollywood Reporter, actor Ben Affleck discussed why he took on the role of Batman, and it’s for a pretty wholesome reason.
He explained that he did it to make his kids happy. “I did Batman because I wanted to do it for my kids,” Affleck said. “I wanted to do something that my son would dig. I mean, my kids didn’t see Argo.”
Affleck’s first appearance as Batman came in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which was followed by appearances as the Caped Crusader in Suicide Squad and Justice League. Affleck is coming back once more to play Batman in 2022’s The Flash.
Affleck recalled the experience of working with Snyder and how they originally had plans to do something different with his time as Batman.
“Zack [Snyder] wanted to do a version of the Frank Miller Dark Knight graphic novel series, which is a really good version of that. Unfortunately, there are a lot of reasons why things go…