Before winning Oscar for Joker, Joaquin Phoenix was supposed to play Batman, but studio rejected him
Hindustan TimesActor Joaquin Phoenix won an Oscar for his performance as the iconic Batman villain Joker earlier this year, but did you know that the actor was in contention to play The Dark Knight in an abandoned project? After the franchise flopped with director Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin, starring George Clooney, Warner Bros began planning a reboot. Director Darren Aronofsky was hired to make an adaptation of Frank Miller’s acclaimed graphic novel Batman: Year One, and zeroed in on Phoenix, who celebrates his birthday on Wednesday, to play Bruce Wayne. Phoenix, who recently welcomed his first child with partner Rooney Mara, was also in the running to play Doctor Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- the role eventually went to Benedict Cumberbatch.
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