ALAN RITCHSON HAS already brought one iconic pop culture hero to life in Reacher, the Prime Video adaptation of Lee Child’s bestselling Jack Reacher novels, and he is locked in to play that character for a good long time yet, with filming already underway on Season 3. But Ritchson, whose profile has rapidly ascended thanks to the show, already has his eye on a possible future role: Batman.
During a recent conversation on the Post Cred Podcast, Ritchson addressed the rumors that he is in the running to play Bruce Wayne in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s rebooted version of the DC Universe, and revealed that he would “absolutely love” the opportunity to take on the mantle of the Caped Crusader.
“The fact that people are interested in me playing Batman is a real honor and privilege,” he said. “It’s one of the first characters I fell in love with as a child: I still remember the big, long pistol coming out of Joker’s pants as he goes to shoot down the Batplane.”
“Those iconic moments really resonated with me as a child. For there to even be a conversation or a rumor mill surrounding this role, for me… all I can do is laugh,” he added. “I just think it’s wild that’s where we are. I would love to. I would absolutely love to.”
Of course, Ritchson is no stranger to the world of DC comic book heroes. In The CW’s longrunning Superman prequel series Smallville, he appeared as Arthur Curry, a.k.a. Aquaman, the seafaring superhero who would later be played by Jason Momoa.
Robert Pattinson is already in line to return in The Batman 2 and Joaquin Phoenix’s antihero sequel with Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie à Deux, has already been filmed, so it will be a while before we see who ends up being cast as the DC Universe’s Batman. We do know that he is due to make his debut in The Brave and the Bold, a Batman-and-Robin team-up movie which as of right now has no set release date. Maybe he’ll pop up in the upcoming Superman: Legacy in the meantime.
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