Warning
Spoilers Ahead!!!!!
In the Dark
Knight Rises, Joseph Gordon-Levitt played a character named John Blake. John
Blake was an orphan of Gotham City and grew up to become a cop after having
both his parents murdered. Because both he and Bruce Wayne were both orphans he
understood his pain and knew that he was Batman. With that John Blake became
integral part to helping Batman defeat Bane. This was obviously and homage to
Boy Wonder and Robin who are iconic in the comic books for helping Batman
defeat enemies a little to tough for him to handle and if that wasn’t enough of
a nod, John Blake was what he went by, but his first name was actually…wait for
it…Robin!
Now there is talk of JGL playing
Batman in the upcoming Justice League film (where DC and Warner Bros has a lot
of catching up to do like MAJOR, but we’ll save that for another day) due to
the ending of TDKR where Blake discovers the Batman and is Risen up as
symbolism and the Dark Knight actually Rises again after being thought dead by
the citizens of Gotham. Now that can mean that John Blake takes over Batman’s
cape and cowl or that he would use the tools at his disposal to become Robin.
Christopher
Nolan, the director of the film had an interview in which he stated “The
only way that I could find to make a credible characterization of a guy
transforming himself into Batman is if it was as a necessary symbol, and he saw
himself as a catalyst for change and therefore it was a temporary process,
maybe a five-year plan that would be enforced for symbolically encouraging the
good of Gotham to take back their city”. For the whole interview click here
. There have been others who have stepped in to the Batman contest when Bruce
Wayne couldn’t, such as Gotham citizen Terry McGinnis and an assassin named
Azrael, as well as a circus performer named Dick Grayson who turned to fighting
crime after his parents were killed and went by the name…wait for it…I know
you’re going to love it…. Robin!
So as a you can see Hollywood it
wouldn’t be too far fetched an idea for JGL/ John Blake to play Batman seeing
as how it’s already been done in the comics…
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