J.K. Simmons Says He's Playing A "Badass" Jim Gordon In JUSTICE LEAGUE Who Is Batman's Partner
It sounds like Zack Snyder's Justice League will be sticking closely to the comic books when it comes to how the movie will portray Commissioner Jim Gordon's relationship with The Batman...
When journalists visited the set of Justice League recently, they got to see a scene being shot between the members of the team and Commissioner Jim Gordon. Thankfully, J.K. Simmons still has some scenes left in the movie, and in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actor confirmed that he'll be returning to the London set very soon to continue playing the iconic character.
"[It's] been a fun experience, and knock wood, if it continues, then I’ll hopefully get to play Commissioner Gordon in a handful of movies," he told the site before describing how his take on the character will differ in Justice League and beyond (with the latter no doubt being The Batman).
"People of my generation remember Commissioner Gordon as this jolly, ineffectual Santa Claus type, and I think over the years in the comics there’s definitely much more of a badass side to him. One of the things that’s interesting to me is investigating hopefully a little bit more of that badass [side]…You’re living in a universe where it’s pretty tough to be a badass compared to somebody like Batman, but in the universe of non-superheroes I like the idea of Commissioner Gordon as a guy that can take care of himself, a guy that’s a real partner to Batman, not just a guy that turns on the bat signal and goes, ‘Help! Help, Batman!’" So, that sounds like a pretty faithful take on the character then.
The Dark Knight Trilogy did a great job of exploring Gordon's relationship with Batman, but it definitely appears as if Justice League will offer up an even more comic accurate take on that. Simmons referring to him as a "badass" also seems to point to the hero getting to see some action in the ensemble.