Summary
- Keanu Reeves dreams of playing Batman in live-action, but acknowledges he may be too old for the role.
- Reeves has the franchise experience and acting skills to be the perfect Bruce Wayne as a mentor in a Batman Beyond adaptation.
- DC's Elseworlds label could make the Keanu Reeves' Batman dreams a reality.
Keanu Reeves has made his dream live-action DC movie role clear, and there is a way for the actor to make that happen. Reeves has starred in popular films, with the actor's role in The Matrix franchise making him a household name. With the John Wick franchise, Reeves has been living a career renaissance in the past few years, which has led to the actor being constantly fancast for several superhero roles, both in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and as one of the characters in DC's slate of releases.
While Reeves has yet to be part of a Marvel movie, the actor has already played in DC's sandbox. Way before the new DC Universe or even the old DCEU, Reeves gave life to John Constantine in 2005's Constantine. The R-rated movie brought to life a different version of DC's Hellblazer. After years of campaigning for a sequel to be made, Constantine 2 is in the works, with Reeves set to reprise his role. However, the actor dreams of playing another DC hero in live-action, and Reeves could do it under one condition.