I’m very confident that there’s a far better DCU casting for Glen Powell other than Batman. Currently, the new DCU needs to cast a new Dark Knight for the upcoming movie Batman: The Brave and the Bold. However, I have a much better casting in mind for Powell, even though the actor has been a very popular fancast in recent months.
Robert Pattinson’s Batman stars in Matt Reeves’ The Batman trilogy, protecting a version of Gotham City that exists outside the new interconnected DC Universe that will soon begin with the animated series Creature Commandos and James Gunn’s Superman as its first live-action movie in 2025 which is set to star David Corenswet as a new Man of Steel. As such, the DCU still needs its Batman for this new universe, one that will presumably interact with Superman and more heroes. As such, I have a far better DCU casting for Glen Powell beyond Batman, though one that’s still connected to the Caped Crusader himself.
Glen Powell’s Acting Talents Could Make Casting Him As Hush Even Better Than Casting Him As Batman
Thomas Elliot, The Man Batman Could Have Been
For some time now, Glen Powell’s rise as an A-list Hollywood actor in recent years has made him a top fancast for the DCU’s new Batman. Likewise, Powell himself has said that Batman would be one of the few superheroes he’d actually be interested in playing, and people also love that he had a small role as an investment broker who got threatened and attacked by Tom Hardy’s Bane in 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises. However, I’d like to make the argument that Glen Powell would likely be far more entertaining as the classic Batman villain Thomas Elliot aka Hush.
In the original DC Comics, Thomas “Tommy” Elliot was a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne’s who became darkly jealous of Bruce’s “freedom” after the death of his parents. This was especially true considering Doctor Thomas Wayne had previously foiled Tommy’s secret attempt to kill his parents and inherit their fortune when he saved the life of Elliot’s mother. However, Tommy did kill her years later, making it look like an accident after he smothered her with a pillow.
“Hush would become a recurring threat to Batman, and at one point, he even performed plastic surgery on his own face to make it nearly identical to Bruce Wayne’s…”
Elliot kept his darker tendencies hidden until adulthood, and he even became a renowned neurosurgeon while hiding his resentment towards Bruce. Allying with Riddler after learning that Bruce and Batman are the same person, Tommy covers his face in bandages to hide his identity and forges a master plan to torment the Dark Knight using several members of Batman’s rogues gallery. Hush would become a recurring threat to Batman, and at one point, he even performed plastic surgery on his own face to make it nearly identical to Bruce Wayne’s, cementing the idea that Hush is the man Batman could have darkly become.
Making A Batman Fancast Into Hush Could Create One Of The Best DC Villains Of All Time
It Would Be Very Exciting and Unique
In my mind, Glen Powell playing Hush sounds far more intriguing and unique than playing Batman. After all, Powell’s starring role in 2023’s Hit Man where his character uses multiple disguises and characters in his work proves he has the unique range to play the Batman villain. He could certainly hit the uncanny valley of a villain who ends up looking just like the hero he hates. Likewise, Powell’s rom-com history naturally demonstrates the charm and charisma that would make disguising himself as Bruce Wayne plenty convincing.
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I’m not doubting that Glen Powell could play a compelling Batman in the DCU by arguing for this alternate casting. I just feel like the potential entertainment value of Powell being a villain feels even more distinct and uniquely engaging, especially considering the promising meta potential of such a strong fancast for Bruce Wayne is cast as Hush instead. Additionally, a role as Hush could put Powell in Reeves’ Batman trilogy just as much as the DCU. After all, potential clues in 2022’s The Batman are already pointing to the villain’s future appearance.
Why Hush Deserves A Major Actor To Play The Role
An Extremely Underrated Villain
By all accounts, Tommy Elliot’s Hush is an extremely underrated Batman villain, even though he’s uniquely tormented The Dark Knight in the comes using his rare knowledge and intellect as a neurosurgeon and gifted strategist, having united so many other rogues against him. That said, Hush is still a villain who’s had very little exposure to live-action DC projects, meaning that most mainstream audiences aren’t as aware of him. With that in mind, having someone who can really nail the role, like Glen Powell, is even more integral to executing the iconic Batman villain successfully on the big screen.
The Brave and the Bold is the first Batman movie in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe, which reboots the Dark Knight after Ben Affleck’s take on the character. It introduces Bruce Wayne’s son, the Robin Damian Wayne, and draws inspiration from Grant Morrison’s work on the comic book character.
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