Joe Manganiello reveals more about plans for Deathstroke in Ben Affleck's canceled Batman movie

Justice League Deathstroke
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Joe Manganiello, who plays Deathstroke in the DCEU, has revealed more about plans for the character in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:canceled Ben Afဣfleck solo Batma𒅌n movie.

"In the Batman script, Deathstroke loses his son and blamed Batman for it," Manganiello explained on a . "Which is why, in the restored end credits sequence that appears in Zack [Snyder]'s version, that was what we originally shot. It was Lex Luthor getting a hold of Deathstroke and letting him know, I know who killed your son and his name is Bruce, Bruce Wayne." He further explained Luthor's motivations were to eliminate one of his own enemies, and that Deathstroke and Luthor may have ended up 🅺at odds, or could even "strike up a kinship."

The theatrical version of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Justice League featured Jesse Eisenberg's Luthor and Manganiello's Deathstroke in its post-credits scene, but set up the Injustice League rather than Affleck's Batman movie. The scene in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Zack Snyder's Justice League, which is part of the 🍌movie rather than a post-credits sting, is the original version ♏of the sequence.

Manganiello also talked more about the parallels between Deathstroke and Batman: "I really, really didn't want Deathstroke to have powers. I wanted him to be just a man who experienced a tragedy, and instead of becoming this altruistic utopian who believed that people could be better, and a better society, he was j💙ust this nihilistic killer, and there was a line in the sand between the tactics that he was willing to use and the ones that Bruce was willing to use."

He added: "The idea that they were both trained in the League of Assassins, and that one went one way and one went the other. And I just really thought that that was gonna be a really cool dichotomy to see." There is in fact 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a minor Le❀agꦉue of Assassins Easter egg hidden on Deathstroke's sword in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Snyder Cut.

We may never know what would happen in this showdown between Batman and Deathstroke, though Manganiello has 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:teased that he might not 💜be done with the role: "It's also not over currently. There are little irons that are in the fire." This also isn't the first time Manganiello has reveal♋ed details of 🔜the scrapped movie.

For now, the only place to see Manganiello's Deathstroke and Affleck's Batman together🍷 is the Snyder Cut. If you've watched all four hours, check out our deep dive꧟s into the movie here:

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