Josh Brolin Reveals He Was Almost Tapped to Play Batman Pre-Ben Affleck

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Wait ... Josh Brolin could have played the Dark Knight?!

had, in fact, approached him as he was ramping up for 'Batman v Superman' -- and it sounds like JB was onboard and fully willing to do it.

But, as he explains, it was Snyder who decided to go with BA in the end -- which is a bummer because Brolin would've been more true to the version of Batman depicted in the flick ... namely, the older version from"The Dark Knight Returns" . This is in the weeds, but Snyder kinda mashed up storylines for his 2016 movie -- including the one where Batman fights Superman -- and decided to employ a younger Batsy, plus ditch much of that comic storyline, including the fact Superman was a government pawn.

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