The director wanted Phoenix … the studio had someone else in mind (via toofab)
Aronofsky's take on Gotham City's favorite son was going to be an adaptation of Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One" comic "with nods to 'Death Wish,' 'The French Connection' and 'Taxi Driver.'""It was an amazing thing because I was a big fan of his graphic novel work, so just getting to meet him was exciting back then," explained Aronofsky.
If all those elements weren't dark enough for the Dark Knight, the "Mother" creator was going to add torture to the superhero's repertoire."The Batman that was out before me was 'Batman & Robin,' the famous one with the nipples on the Batsuit, so I was really trying to undermine that, and reinvent it," he explained. "That's where my head went."
Eventually the gig went to Christopher Nolan, who also took elements from Miller's work, as he debuted "Batman Begins" in 2005, with Christian Bale as the lead crime fighter. If Joaquin's ego was bruised, we're pretty sure that recent Oscar for "Joker" is helping with the pain.
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