Instead, the news suggested that the version of the character would be more reminiscent of 1980s-era Donald Trump.
Alec Baldwin seemed like a natural fit given the fact that he has recently been portraying Trump on Saturday Night Live, but now it will apparently be up to the studio to find one of the other “25 guys” who can get the job done.
According to a trade report that spread like wildfire late on Tuesday, Thomas Wayne will be one of the key figures of Batman lore in the Joker film, though he won’t exactly be the smart, commanding businessman and surgeon that we are used to seeing.