TDKR Actor Brett Cullen Set To Replace Alec Baldwin As Thomas Wayne In The JOKER Movie

TDKR Actor Brett Cullen Set To Replace Alec Baldwin As Thomas Wayne In The JOKER Movie

Alec Baldwin recently revealed that he'd been forced to drop out of the Joker movie due to a scheduling conflict, but veteran film and TV actor Brett Cullen will reportedly replace him as Thomas Wayne...

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By MarkCassidy - Sep 17, 2018 11:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Joker
Late last month, the trades reported that Alec Baldwin has been cast as Thomas Wayne in Todd Philips' Joker movie, but just one day later the Mission: Impossible - Fallout actor announced that he'd parted ways with the project due to a scheduling conflict.

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Now, The Wrap reports that veteran actor Brett Cullen (The Dark Knight Rises, Narcos, The Shallows) has replaced Baldwin as the father of The Batman.

Will the character still be depicted as "a cheesy and tanned businessman who is more in the mold of a 1980s Donald Trump?" That remains to be seen, but now that production is underway there's always a chance we'll get a glimpse of Cullen on set at some point.

Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime, with Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Marc Maron all on board for supporting roles.
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regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 9/17/2018, 11:42 AM


Would’ve preferred Baldwin but Cullen is a solid backup.
Skateanddestroy88
Skateanddestroy88 - 9/17/2018, 6:44 PM
@regularmovieguy - been trying to figure out this guy's role in TDKR, it didn't click till seeing this pic.. Most solid
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 9/17/2018, 11:44 AM
I could of swore I thought i was looking at Sean Bean.
Matador
Matador - 9/17/2018, 11:51 AM
@MrCamw1 - That means he would have died in the movie.
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 9/17/2018, 11:54 AM
@Matador - it would have been a noble death hahaha
RolandD
RolandD - 9/17/2018, 12:07 PM
@MrCamw1 - but very tragic. 🤣
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 9/17/2018, 12:08 PM
@RolandD - it would be a death talked about for years to come!!!
MiVigilante
MiVigilante - 9/17/2018, 11:45 AM
If that description of the character is true, I'm out
rebellion
rebellion - 9/17/2018, 11:49 AM
@MiVigilante - same
FleischerSupes
FleischerSupes - 9/17/2018, 11:51 AM
@MiVigilante - Yeah I could see myself getting more excited about this if Wayne wasn't in it at all. No Wayne, no Gordon, no Flying Graysons, maybe a Harvey Bulllock or pre-undead Solomon Grundy.
MiVigilante
MiVigilante - 9/17/2018, 11:55 AM
@FleischerSupes - I'm totally on the same page with you. If you're gonna do an else worlds deal, go all the way and keep Batman totally out of it.
TheGrayGhost
TheGrayGhost - 9/17/2018, 12:24 PM
@MiVigilante - I agree. However the story could end up being told in a way where characters appear as from Fleck's point of view as he starts to spiral, where everyone is a twisted version of themselves.
MiVigilante
MiVigilante - 9/17/2018, 3:49 PM
@TheGrayGhost - you know what, I could even get down with that
xfan320
xfan320 - 9/17/2018, 5:34 PM
@FleischerSupes - or maybe they could go the Batman '89 route and have Joaquin/Arthur Fleck be the one who guns down The Waynes in Crime Alley. I could see it happening to be honest
GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/17/2018, 11:49 AM
A solid B backup I guess. Serviceable.
BackwardGalaxy
BackwardGalaxy - 9/17/2018, 11:49 AM
Solid character actor. Been in everything. Overshadows no one. Gets in no one's way. He'll be fine.
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 9/17/2018, 11:49 AM
Yeah defiantly believe that dumb Trump rumor now.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 9/17/2018, 11:49 AM
Cool. Won't be distracting af.
Grodd87
Grodd87 - 9/17/2018, 11:50 AM
How long before Phoenix becomes joker in the movie final act?
TheGrayGhost
TheGrayGhost - 9/17/2018, 12:26 PM
@Grodd87 - Last 10-15 minutes of the movie
Skateanddestroy88
Skateanddestroy88 - 9/17/2018, 6:46 PM
@TheGrayGhost - lol are you being serious? Who knows how this will play out
TheGrayGhost
TheGrayGhost - 9/18/2018, 6:12 AM
@Skateanddestroy88 - Obviously I would hope not but would anyone seriously be surprised?

Have him fall at Ace or have whatever happens to him in this story during the climax then they'll show scenes of him escaping and seeing himself the first time but it'll be dark or shot somehow to where we can't see him fully. Then as the movie ends or close to it he'll show himself (whether to whomever tried to have him offed like Batman 89, or first heist/crime), cackle, credits.
QUITEMASSIVE
QUITEMASSIVE - 9/17/2018, 11:50 AM
I see Warner bros dont beleive in continuity why not have the guy who already was playn him in batman vs superman smh
aflynn
aflynn - 9/17/2018, 11:51 AM
@QUITEMASSIVE - You are right it will be out of continuity and going by the character description a different take on Thomas Wayne.
imnotadoor
imnotadoor - 9/17/2018, 11:51 AM
@QUITEMASSIVE - they obviously are not set in the same world.
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 9/17/2018, 11:51 AM
Don't get me wrong this guy is a solid character actor but seems like a weird choice when they were looking for names like Baldwin and Mortenson.
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 9/17/2018, 11:52 AM
Gonna look super weird considering he played in another Batman-related film just 6 years ago.
Battabing
Battabing - 9/17/2018, 12:27 PM
@kylo0607 - Really? Alfre Woodard played two different roles in Civil War and Luke Cage within 3 years.
MNLawyer
MNLawyer - 9/17/2018, 11:56 AM
@ForMeWasTuesday - Elseworld. Nobody reprises their roles.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 9/17/2018, 11:56 AM
"Call me?"
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