Affleck Explains How He Channels Batman's Rage
“I think it’s a necessity, historically, in the tradition of these films. For me, anger is so deeply buried and contained that when it does kind of come out, it comes out in stronger bursts. I tend to be respectful, polite, get along, put up with, put up with, put up with… then, when it finally emerges, it’s not something I have a ton of control over.”
That was actor Ben Affleck speaking with The Sunday Times about his upcoming role as billionare Bruce Wayne and vigilante hero Batman. Affleck stars as the Dark Knight in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, alongside Henry Cavill who reprises his role as the Man of Steel. In the interview Ben was talking about Batman’s anger, how it is something he is able to draw strength from while also admitting it’s one of their shared character flaws:
“I’m not gonna go into a Wolverine berserker rage, but I do have a, I do… That is an interesting thing that you point out. That’s my personality… By the way, that’s a character flaw, I think. I should sit down and say, ‘Listen, I just want to let you know what happened there wasn’t OK’, instead of going, let it go, let it go, let it go … ‘Ah, that’s not a big deal’, until finally you just pop!”
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is due for release March 25th 2016.
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