{"id":169765,"date":"2025-12-05T16:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/169765\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:51:08","slug":"brandon-sklenar-responds-to-rumors-he-could-be-james-gunns-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/169765\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Sklenar Responds to Rumors He Could Be James Gunn\u2019s Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3996999\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Sklenar<\/a> has finally addressed the rumors that he might be playing <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7100125\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Batman<\/a> in <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0348181\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Gunn<\/a>\u2019s new <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0697225\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DC Universe<\/a>. With the role of the Caped Crusader still unconfirmed, fans have been speculating about several actors, and Sklenar has been a popular choice online.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent appearance on the Today Show, Sklenar was asked about the rumors. He joked, \u201cI mean that would be a dream, wouldn\u2019t it? I was working in Spain and as I walked down the street someone called \u2018Batman!\u2019 It\u2019s wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans point to <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm11874338\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gunn<\/a>\u2019s praise for Sklenar\u2019s work in 1923 on the <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13146488\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peacemaker<\/a> after-show podcast as a possible hint. Sklenar has also been preparing physically,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brandon Sklenar has finally addressed the rumors that he might be playing Batman in James Gunn\u2019s new DC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[6946,6947,430,6948,156,434,4223,409,111,43,139,69,5436,417,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-169765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-actors","9":"tag-actresses","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-directors","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-films","14":"tag-hollywood","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-new-zealand","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-newzealand","19":"tag-nz","20":"tag-stars","21":"tag-television","22":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}