His return was inevitable, Ben Affleck will be back as Batman in The Flash, as stated in a Vanity Fair report. According to the magazine, the Scarlet Sprinter solo film aims to explore the entire DC Comics multiverse and will include Affleck’s Dark Knight.
Andy Muschietti, the project’s director, spoke about Affleck’s return in an interview for the magazine, praising the actor’s interpretation of the Bat.
“His Batman has a dichotomy that is very strong, which is his masculinity—because of the way he looks, and the imposing figure that he has, and his jawline —but he’s also very vulnerable,” Muschietti relayed in the interview. “He knows how to deliver from the inside out, that vulnerability. He just needs a story that allows him to bring that contrast, that balance.”
The director also expressed:
“He’s a very substantial part of the emotional impact of the movie. The interaction and relationship between Barry and Affleck’s Wayne will bring an emotional level that we haven’t seen before,” the director explained. “It’s Barry’s movie, it’s Barry’s story, but their characters are more related than we think. They both lost their mothers to murder, and that’s one of the emotional vessels of the movie. That’s where the Affleck Batman kicks in.”
Adapting the original Flashpoint will allow Barry Allen to explore numerous possibilities of the DC Comics universe. Proof of this is that Affleck will not be the only Bat in the film. Michael Keaton, the 1989 Batman, will return to the project as another Dark Knight, something Muschietti confirmed as being a very “substantial” role.
