The Batman I wrote was definitely a way different type of take than they ended up making.
Aronofsky wanted to adapt Frank Miller’s famous Batman: Year One comic and tell a very dark origin story for the character.
Phoenix never played Batman — but last year he played Joker in an extremely dark, bleak film with nods to Death Wish and Taxi Driver.
The studio wanted Freddie Prinze Jr [for Bruce Wayne] and I wanted Joaquin Phoenix …
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