Jake Gyllenhaal believes it would be an honour to portray the well-known superhero from DC Comics. He lost out on the role of Batman to Christian Bale in Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy.
The actor was questioned if he was still interested in portraying Batman as he was promoting the Prime Video action movie “Road House.” Gyllenhaal responded, saying, “Oh, man. That’s a classic. It’s an honour.”
The actor told Screen Rant, “Speaking of playing roles that other incredible actors have played in the past … When I think about it, I’m going to play Iago in ‘Othello’ with Denzel Washington, and I think about the history of actors that have played that role throughout time, and I’m intimidated by that. So that’s the first level. That’s what I’m working on right now. But of course. It would be an honour always. Those types of things and those roles are classics.”
David S Goyer, who created the story for “Batman Begins” and co-wrote the script with the director, has acknowledged that Gyllenhaal was his personal choice for the role of Batman.
Later, Gyllenhaal appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe alongside Tom Holland in the superhero film “Spider-Man: Far From Home” as the villain Mysterio.
Robert Pattinson now portrays Batman in Warner Bros’ “The Batman” movie, which is directed by Matt Reeves.
