Richard Madden certainly has his supporters, such as u/Skiptree077 on Reddit who praised his work on “Game of Thrones” and “Cinderella. “Based on those two roles, he definitely has the range to pull off the duality of Bruce/Batman imo,” they commented. Yet others have doubts, fearing that Madden may be too similar to a fellow British actor, Robert Pattinson, who played the DC hero in 2022’s “The Batman.”
While acknowledging that Madden would take a different thematic approach to the material from Pattinson, Redditor u/frostbittenfingers9 feels they wouldn’t stand out enough visually, stating, “They’re both 37-year-old Europeans with naturally brooding eyes and razor-sharp jawline … I think they are simply too similar in appearance and general aura to be distinct.” Similarly, u/Puppy_Basket said, “I see the appeal … but I feel like there would be far too much overlap between him and Robert Pattinson’s Batman.”
A counter-argument is offered by u/thoughtzthrukeyz, who is certain the version of Batman we’ll see in “The Brave and the Bold” will be distinct enough to separate the two performers. Noting that Pattinson’s Batman is meant to be a younger interpretation, the user states, “I don’t expect [James] Gunn’s Batman to necessarily be old per se, but he definitely will be a more seasoned Batman, especially given Damian Wayne is Robin in the film, so I think they’ll be quite different thematically.”
We have some time before learning who will take up the cowl, but like previous Batman actors whom some fans were skeptical of, Hasan Kazi’s art makes it easy to see that Madden could blow expectations out of the water.
