Joaquin Phoenix could’ve been the star of Batman: Year One if Darren Aronofsky’s film had happened.
Back when Aronofsky was just breaking into Hollywood, he began developing his own take on one the most popular comic characters of all-time: Batman.
Aronofsky wanted to make an R-rated film that stripped away the high-tech gear from Christopher Nolan’s trilogy.
With the story calling for a mid-20s Bruce Wayne right at the start of his superhero career, he says he “always wanted Joaquin Phoenix for Batman.”
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