Would Have Kevin Conroy Made A Good Live Action Batman?

[Kamdan]

I think so. After viewing him in an episode of Matlock and Dynasty, I thought he had the right physical presence of the character. Along with his vocal performance from the animated series we all know and love, he could have pulled it off. He also was a Juilliard School graduate. You can't beat that.

[thecolorsblend]

I think so. After viewing him in an episode of Matlock and Dynasty, I thought he had the right physical presence of the character. Along with his vocal performance from the animated series we all know and love, he could have pulled it off. He also was a Juilliard School graduate. You can't beat that.

I've been giving this a lot of thought over the last thirteen years.

The answer is no.

[The Laughing Fish]

I've been giving this a lot of thought over the last thirteen years.

The answer is no.

Great rebuttal. 

At the time of writing, this thread is not even a week hold, and yet it has gained over more than 1,100 views. Allow me to contribute to the topic.

Conroy definitely looked the part of Bruce Wayne, as you can see in this photo below.



I think he's good TV actor, but unless he had an excellent director to work with, I'm not sure he would've had the screen presence needed for big budget movies. But then again, Hollywood is like any other industry. In order to succeed, it's not what you know, it's WHO you know.

That being said, I thought he was very good at playing the role of a psychotic killer in the TV movie Face of Fear.

[Kamdan]

I never bought the reasoning that they didn't go with an unknown actor, a la Christopher Reeve, because they feared that Nicholson would "mop the floor" playing against him. That's really a derogatory statement. I believe that Michael Uslan wanted to emulate the feel and tone of the first Superman so much that it was a turn off for others involved. Burton and company wanted to do something different and one of those differences was finding an established actor to do play the title role.