Ben Affleck Talks About His Version Of Batman In Batman V. Superman

Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill dropped by the NBA All-Star Game Pre-Show to promote their upcoming [...]

By Jay Jayson

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Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill dropped by the NBA All-Star Game Pre-Show to promote their upcoming superhero epic, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.

While they were there both admitted to seeing a completed version of the film, however, neither of them went any further with those comments.

A few minutes later, Affleck was specifically asked what it was like to play an iconic role like The Dark Knight. "It was very intimidating," Affleck confessed, but he took comfort in knowing that his version of Batman is quite different from other big screen iterations.

"He's a little over the hill--broken," Affleck explained. "He's kind of given up. And when Superman shows up he's like so powerful that he threatens everything that Batman kind of believes in, and it leads to this conflict. So it wasn't like I had to play Batman in his prime, so that was at least the excuse that I told myself."

Check out the full-segment in the video below.

In Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City's own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis's most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it's ever known before.

Zack Snyder's Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is in theaters March 25, 2016.

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