The Casting Notebook

5. Greg Kinnear

Firth has a great voice for the role, and can do a mentor role really well.

Bateman, while mostly a comedy actor, has the cynical, slightly evil intensity that Ed Harris had in the original.

Pratt can play the perfect clueless characters, like in “Parks and Rec” and “Her”. 

If you look at Robin’s performance in “Gotham”, it is very similar to Andy Kaufman, especially when he was in his “villain” character.

I mean, this has been a fan fantasy cast for ages. It’s pretty self evident.

Wilson would be a great character in tanem with Bill Murray’s Batman. He plays someone who annoys Batman like Robin usually does in “Life Aquatic”.

Murray, in an Anderson universe, would play a great cynical, older Batman. FUN FACT: He was considered for Tim Burton’s Batman before it was turned serious.

One work: Frozone.

Keitelis great at the authoritative presence that Gordon needs, especially in films like “Pulp Fiction” and “Reservoir Dogs”.

Madsen has the insane, slightly bi-polar nature to him in “Reservoir Dogs” that would fit Two-Face very well.

Waltz has the intellectually evil nature to play The Riddler, as seen in “Inglorious Bastards”.

Thurman has the “badass woman” character down, as seen in “Kill Bill” and “Pulp Fiction”. 

Pitt has the aggressive nature to him that would fit Batman’s cowl, especially in “Inglorious Bastards”.

Tim Roth is great at a slightly unhinged character, like his character in “Reservoir Dogs” and “Pulp Fiction”.

Lord High Charlie is incredibly ridiculous, and is just very ignorant to how people view him. Oswalt is great at that type of character and just the general ignorant humor.