Forget Ben Affleck - Here Are 9 Other Actors Who Could Have Easily Played Batman

The idea wouldn't have been difficult to imagine.

Fassbender has worked with Snyder before in "300" and has quickly become a household name after "Prometheus" and "Inglourious Basterds." The only problem is that the "X-Men" gang have a hold on him.

The actor was reportedly also up for the role. It's not difficult to see why after his roles in "True Grit," "No Country for Old Men," and "Gangster Squad."

Brolin would have delivered a dark, grittier Wayne to the big screen.

2008's "Appaloosa" aside, Mortensen never really came back in the spotlight since "Lord of the Rings" and that's a shame because he had the potential to be a big action star. 

At 54 though, his time as the Caped Crusader has probably passed.

We've seen Lincoln go from watchful protector of "The Walking Dead" on AMC's hit show to manic and blood thirsty survivor. 

The husky voice of the British actor would have lent itself effortlessly to Gotham's finest.

The "Lost" actor was known as a sarcastic, selfish conman with a softer side — and a knack for dishing out clever nicknames.

Since his time on the ABC hit, Halloway has popped up recently in action films including "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" and "Paranoia."

We'd love the monikers Holloway's Batman would come up with for Supes.

We don't care who is physically cast as Batman. As long as the man voicing the Caped Crusader is that of "Batman: The Animated Series" voice actor Kevin Conroy, just about any actor will do.

The obvious choice to fill the shoes of Batman was the man who last received the rights to the Batcave from Bruce Wayne.

It would have been easy to see JGL fit into the DC universe as Nightwing or a younger Batman Beyond version of the character. However, his character was part of Nolan's Bat universe and the director said his intention was to make his Batman saga a trilogy. Nothing more.

The man who propelled the Dark Knight toward upward of $2.5 billion for Warner Bros in Christopher Nolan's trilogy.

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