Batman Fan Cast #1: Garrett Hedlund

Batman Fan Cast #1: Garrett Hedlund

My first cast additon for my fan cast of Batman!

By frankendeer - Mar 28, 2010 09:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Fan Fic


Hey everyone! I have decided to have a little fun on the site, and from here on out, I am going to be doing fan casts for Batman, Green Lantern, Zatanna, The Flash, Hawkman, Wonder Woman and Superman (in that order). Each of these will all eventually be leading up to a fan cast for the Justice League!

The reason I am posting this article saying that I have picked Hedlund for Batman, is that I want to put cast additions up seperately so fan reception towards them can be centered on each character equally and not be overshadowed. It also adds a level of excitement and it gives me time to figure out whether or not a particular actor should be cast, rather then picking an actor for the sake of posting the rest.

Now, onto Garret Hedlund being picked to play Bruce Wayne/Batman. This is probably making you go "WTF?!?!", because Hedlund really does NOT come across as an ideal fit for Bruce Wayne, LET ALONE Batman. But Hedlund is actually pretty capable of playing Batman, in fact, he could possibly do wonders with the role.

Hedlund for the most part just seems like a pretty boy that has not proven himself to be much of a serious actor, but that is not true. He was in Four Brothers, where he was pretty damn serious and was a damn good actor in, and he was in Death Sentance, which is a perfect example of showing off how talented Hedlund is. In Death Sentence, Hedlund is so perfect in his role, that you would never even know it was him! Hedlund has great talent, and him playing Batman would just further solidify himself as being one of the best up and coming actors in Hollywood.

His acting skill is perfect! His voice is also great for Batman I think, it is very deep. So deep to the point that he could make Steve Rogers possibly sound like a girl (I kid, I kid). But his voice could fit Batman itself without him having to make up some raspy, annoying voice as Bale has done for Batman.

I would really recommend trying to find videos of Garrett on YouTube so you can really get a good sense of his range of acting!

I am hoping that you guys will see where I am coming from and realise that Hedlund is a great choice for Batman, and in the comments maybe you could tell me what you think? Also, I want to have a little fun with all this, so in the comments I want you guys to pick your top five picks to play Vicki Vale!
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Joslezio85
Joslezio85 - 3/28/2010, 9:19 PM
As a comic fan. I don't think he's a good pick.

As an editor. I'm saying that you should probably just post them all together in one article. That way, your many articles aren't going to push a bunch of other peoples articles down the page. Just a friendly suggestion.

peterparker420
peterparker420 - 3/28/2010, 10:01 PM
Joslezio- GOOD CALL! an editor comes to the rescue!!
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 3/28/2010, 10:22 PM
On smallville he'd be ideal as Bruce Wayne
NERO
NERO - 3/28/2010, 10:31 PM
Yes dude, WTF? And no... I don't see Hedlund as the Bat at all. Second if you are going to fancast do a fancast of multiple characters, suggesting one character and one actor is just a total waste of space on this page. Also if you put who you choose in the headline... why read the article.
NERO
NERO - 3/28/2010, 10:36 PM
Sorry to be so rough on you, but space is at a premium on this page and this is just needlessly taking up a chunk. Why post a single page with each character and then another page with all of them together? It makes no sense,we will already know your JLA picks by then so why do it that way? Just do the JLA article and leave it at that. Trust me you'll get a lot less ribbing from the sites members and a lot more positive posts.
blee
blee - 3/28/2010, 11:14 PM
I think you meant to put him as Dick Grayson... NOT Batman
THEHAWK
THEHAWK - 3/28/2010, 11:50 PM
Not crazy about the casting choice.

What I do have to say is that I am tired of people posting things in fan fic and not replying to them. I Mean if you post an article, at least have the common decency to reply to comments on it, don't jsut skip off and sing zippidy-do-da out of your asshole. Actually respond, engage the audience. If I am going to take the time to read your article, YOU take the time to respond to my comment.

HAWK out
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 3/29/2010, 12:10 AM
HAWK- LOL I was thinking the same thing!
Joslezio85
Joslezio85 - 3/29/2010, 12:26 AM
Okay guys. Don't go buck wild on the guy. No reason for it. He's new and this article has only been up for a couple of hours. He might be at work for all you know. I could understand if it's someone who's been on here for some time. But, we don't need to go scaring people off...Just cut him some slack.
Ryden
Ryden - 3/29/2010, 1:25 AM
Sorry BAD choice, Hedlund looks nothing like bats. Plus why the one-man casting?
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 3/29/2010, 2:03 AM
I now am confident in my choice for him as Nightwing in my red hood live cast.

Also could you all be eso kind as to checking out my Final Fantasy cast?
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 3/29/2010, 5:49 AM
I sort of get why you've done this but it's kind of annoying to see my new 12 character cast buried by a one character cast. Why not just post them all together or do a JLA cast in two parts!?
JediKnight91
JediKnight91 - 3/29/2010, 7:07 AM
Is it just me or does he look a little like Christian Bale? Just sayin'
MovieMisfit
MovieMisfit - 3/29/2010, 11:58 AM
I actually like this pick for Batman to a certain extent, I think Hedlund would be able to pull it off if he were a little older. At this point Hedlund is a better pick for Dick Grayson/Nightwing or Dick Grayson/Batman than he is for Bruce Wayne/Batman.

Hedlund was the perfect pick for Captain America but unfortunately he wasn't chosen.


@Optimus- It's not just you, he does look a little like Bale. Not to mention he's able to go up and down in weight for roles just like Bale.
Joslezio85
Joslezio85 - 3/29/2010, 1:16 PM
Dude, you should never try to use George Clooney as an example. He was, in the history of man kind, the worst Batman, ever. Adam West, was better than him. Seriously...

Why don't you just wait until you have all of your choices and than make one mind blowing article. I know, you said that you would only be posting them every few weeks or so. But, really? If you did everything on a full casting that you did up top. It would be beautiful. Probably one of the best I've ever seen. But, this is only one choice. People want variety. They want to be able to talk about the differences in characters. How they actors would portray them, how they would interact together on screen. They can't do that with just one guy! Ya know what I mean?
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/29/2010, 3:59 PM
I see WINTER SOLDIER!!! : p

Ryden
Ryden - 3/30/2010, 1:22 AM
@frankendeer-Actually he does, dark hair, big build, pretty much a clone of Suiperman. That's his uild, Clooney, despite performing the worstacyually looked like the character, Keaton didn;t as much but he still had dark hair and delivered an awesome performance. Bale, is in my opinion a terrible Batman, he looks and acts nothing like him.

Tom Hardy FTW!
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 3/30/2010, 9:14 AM
frank@ im down! i like your bold choice and i bet you he could no doubt pull it off.

ryden@ Keaton is the shit. best bruce/batman so far in my opinion.
Ryden
Ryden - 3/30/2010, 12:38 PM
@OdinsBeard- Same here, Keaton is the best Batman.
Vafrous
Vafrous - 4/2/2010, 3:42 AM
Well...I cast Hedlund as Jason Todd a week ago in my Once Upon a Time in Gotham cast...I can see why you cast him,he has that "haunted/Troubled " look...
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