Producer Charles Roven Says Ben Affleck Was the First Choice to Play Batman in BATMAN V SUPERMAN; Wanted Someone Who Could “Tower Over” Superman

Much more after the jump.

That’s who we wanted.

Ben is 6' 4".Henry[Cavill] is 6'1".

We wanted Batman to tower over Superman.

Not hugely, not like a basketball player.

Superman needed to ‘look up’ to Batman.

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We wanted that dynamic, and Ben could do that, easily.

Well find out on March 25, 2016.

Watch the video interview with Roven below.

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