Jake Gyllenhaal has said it would be an "honor" to play Batman in the DCU. On the promotion trail for his new movie Road House, the actor had a candid response when asked if he'd consider it.
Gyllenhaal auditioned to play the Caped Crusader for Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins back in 2005, but ultimately lost the role to Christian Bale. Drawing comparisons from his fights in Road House and Batman, Screen Rant asked the actor if it was a role he was still interested in playing.
"Oh, man. That's a classic. It's an honor," he said before speaking more broadly on roles made famous by others. "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 honor always. Those types of things and those roles are classics."
