11 Years Later, Tom Hank’s Batman Role Hopes Have A Better Excuse Than Ever To Come True

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Tom Hanks expressed a desire to play a role in a Batman movie 11 years ago and the current state of DC movies means there has never been a better time for his hopes to be fulfilled. Despite three decades of superhero movies coinciding with Tom Hanks" abundant career in cinema, the beloved actor has yet to join the countless Hollywood stars who have contributed to the genre"s gargantuan rise. While Hanks is a multi-award-winning actor with two Oscars, this hasn"t precluded similarly decorated actors like Cate Blanchette and Jack Nicholson from some of the best Superhero movies ever made.
It isn"t through lack of trying, either. Hanks has emphatically stated that he isn"t just open to starring in a superhero movie, but that he would be more than happy to portray a villain, which flies in the face of his typically more heartwarming roles. He said as much in an interview with On Demand Entertainment while promoting Captain Phillips 11 years ago. When asked why he hadn"t been involved in any "big superhero movies" by late 2013, Hanks stated:

"They don"t ask me, man. I keep trying to...come on! I can do it! I can do it! Even let me play a bad guy, let me play the bad guy against Batman. I"ll do anything. Come on! Call me! They"ve never asked! What"ve I gotta do?"

Hanks even clarifies that he wouldn"t want to be the "guy in the suit" who doesn"t get in on the action, alluding to important yet inactive characters like Alfred Pennyworth, a role at that time synonymous with another two-time-Oscar winner, Michael Cain. At the time, Christopher Nolan"s Dark Knight trilogy featured a cavalcade of respected actors, though it ended a year prior with 2012"s The Dark Knight Rises. Today, however, is a new dawn for Batman movies - and it"s primed for Hanks" dreams to come to fruition. Hanks" comments can be watched about 4 minutes into the video below:
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