01of 10LEWIS WILSONSNAP/REX/ShutterstockThe first live-action Batman ever, who starred in the 1943 serialBatman, marked the beginning of a long line of dashing gents to don the iconic cape.
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LEWIS WILSON
SNAP/REX/Shutterstock
The first live-action Batman ever, who starred in the 1943 serialBatman, marked the beginning of a long line of dashing gents to don the iconic cape.
02of 10ROBERT LOWERYSNAP/REX/ShutterstockBatman and Robin’s Lowery was also a total catch – you know, in that 1949 type of way.
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ROBERT LOWERY
Batman and Robin’s Lowery was also a total catch – you know, in that 1949 type of way.
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ADAM WEST
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MICHAEL KEATON
In early 2022, he opened up about not returning for a third film after Joel Schumacher was brought on to direct and wanted tochange the direction of Keaton’s character.
“I said, ‘I just can’t do it,’ " Keaton recalled onIn the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast. “And one of the reasons I couldn’t do it was — and you know, he’s a nice enough man, he’s passed away, so I wouldn’t speak ill of him even if he were alive — he, at one point, after more than a couple of meetings where I kept trying to rationalize doing it and hopefully talking him into saying I think we don’t want to go in this direction, I think we should go in this direction. And he wasn’t going to budge.”
Keaton is reprising his role inThe Flash, which is set to premiere in theaters Nov. 4, 2022, as well as in the 2022 HBO Max filmBatgirl.
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VAL KILMER
The one-time Bruce Wayne – Kilmer scored the role for 1995’sBatman Forever– nailed it in a tux like a true billionaire playboy.
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GEORGE CLOONEY
Clooney’s looks werealmostenough to distract us from the ridiculousness of Mr. Freeze in 1997’sBatman & Robin.
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CHRISTIAN BALE
Bale’s moody Wayne inBatman Begins(2005),The Dark Knight(2008) andThe Dark Knight Rises(2012) was the hot bad boy we deserved.
08of 10WILL ARNETTWarner Bros.; Inset: GettyOkay, so we couldn’t actuallyseeArnett when he voiced the Bat in 2014’sThe Lego Movie, but is anything sexier than a man who can make you laugh?
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WILL ARNETT
Warner Bros.; Inset: Getty
Okay, so we couldn’t actuallyseeArnett when he voiced the Bat in 2014’sThe Lego Movie, but is anything sexier than a man who can make you laugh?
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BEN AFFLECK
Affleck tried his hand at portraying Gotham’s hero in 2016’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,opposite Henry Cavill (double the sexy!) and returned for 2016’sSuicide Squad,plus twoJustice Leaguefilms in 2017 and 2021.
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ROBERT PATTINSON
Robert Pattinson inThe Batman(2022).
Heartthrob Pattinson stars inthe latest iterationof films about the Caped Crusader, 2022’sThe Batman,opposite Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman.
source: people.com
