Willem Dafoe is one of the stranger actors in Hollywood. He gives me sort of a Christopher Walken vibe, the kind of guy that you know is really talented but doesn't necessarily seem all there. His choice of roles tends to prove that point. His latest, The Antichrist is about a creepy psychologist who takes his wife into the woods to perform an unconventional mental cleansing on her after their baby dies. You may also remember that he is the only guy to play Jesus as a real dude, not that magical guy in the bible.
Now imagine Dafoe as Batman because, according to MTV, he almost was. When asked about an age-old rumor that he had been attached to the Tim Burton Batman movies, Dafoe was straight up. "Very early, they talked to me about playing Batman," he said. "I hate to spread these things because unless you remember it well, you're stoking the fires of bullshit," he continued, "But I remember. I've had my brush with these things."
This is a Batman movie that I would love to see. Sure, we got to see Dafoe's take on a superhero character when he played Green Goblin in Spider-Man, but how creepy would Dafoe's Batman be? That's the kind of Batman that would give you nightmares when you go to sleep, which is exactly the kind of feeling that the Dark Knight's supposed to give you, especially if you're a criminal. Christopher Nolan, kick out Bale! Bring in Dafoe.
