J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons is playing the DCEU Commissioner Gordon and will first appear in Zack Snyder’s Justice League out later this year.  “My part in the first film coming out this fall is very, very small,” Simmons told ScreenCrush about Justice League. “It’s a little introduction of the character.” Similar to Joe Manganiello, with Ben Affleck having departed directing

While promoting The Accountant, which also stars new Batman Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons spoke about Commissioner Gordon in the upcoming Justice League movie. A scene involving JK Simmons was previously made known from a Justice League set visit, and now Simmons offered to Collider: “Yeah well there’s not a lot of ‘small’ on those kinds

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Check out video from Entertainment Tonight featuring J.K. Simmons talking about Commissioner Gordon in Justice League.

Simmons notes his recent pictures from the gym had nothing to do with Justice League, just that he wants to fight father-time.

Regarding Justice League, Simmons says he hopes to appear in future Batman movies and is lobbying for further appearances.

Watch more below.

“Justice League” has a November 17, 2017 release directed by Zack Snyder starring Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon and Willem Dafoe as an Atlantean.

J.K Simmons has been cast as the new Commissioner Gordon for the DCEU Justice League universe.

EW caught up with Simmons noting his Gordon is an “ally” to Batman, with Simmons offering filming Justice League has “been a fun experience, and knock wood, if it continues, then I’ll hopefully get to play Commissioner Gordon in a handful of movies.”

Regarding what type of Commissioner Gordon we’ll see in Justice League, J.K. Simmons offers he’s going to be more bad ass than previous incarnations (speaking of bad ass, check out how jacked Simmons got for the role here).

“People of my generation remember Commissioner Gordon as this jolly, ineffectual Santa Claus type, and I think over the years in the comics there’s definitely much more of a badass side to him,” Simmons explained. “One of the things that’s interesting to me is investigating hopefully a little bit more of that badass [side]…You’re living in a universe where it’s pretty tough to be a badass compared to somebody like Batman, but in the universe of non-superheroes I like the idea of Commissioner Gordon as a guy that can take care of himself, a guy that’s a real partner to Batman, not just a guy that turns on the bat signal and goes, ‘Help! Help, Batman!’”

Simmons also previously talked about doing his homework for the role.

“I’m just planning on learning as much as I can about him through the comics and getting my feet wet in the first movie, and then hopefully continuing on from there,” Simmons said. “I’m sure there will be differences and similarities with what Gary Oldman or Pat Hingle have done before, but I’m just going to try to do my take on it and be as informed as I can about the rich history of the Batman universe, going into it.”

J.K Simmons continues with mention about how strong his Gordon is in the DCEU.

“My understanding, from what I’ve learned so far about Commissioner Gordon, is that he’s the older guy with the mustache who relates with our hero in a certain way,” he said. “Other than that, it’s a vastly different character and much more of a stronger, impactful character in the DC universe.”

“Justice League” has a November 17, 2017 release directed by Zack Snyder starring Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon and Willem Dafoe in an unknown role.

(pictured above: Fan art via Salman Artworks on instagram)

The DCEU Justice League will have a new Commissioner Gordon, played by the recently announced J.K. Simmons.

Collider caught up with the actor to get his thoughts. You can also read what the previous Gordon, Gary Oldman, had to say about giving advice to Simmons.

On reading the comics:

Well, to read the comics, yes, absolutely. I’m still a couple of months out from doing that and I have two other films before then, so I haven’t gotten started on that. Obviously, a lot of really wonderful actors have played that character previously, and most of them I saw at the time the movies came out, never imagining that I would be doing the same thing. So, I can’t say that I don’t have some impression of that character in my head that’s based on what I saw, but I’m not planning on going back and watching any of the other films. I’m just planning on learning as much as I can about him through the comics and getting my feet wet in the first movie, and then hopefully continuing on from there. I take this from my days doing theater. If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album because I wanted to do my version of something. I’m sure there will be differences and similarities with what Gary Oldman or Pat Hingle have done before, but I’m just going to try to do my take on it and be as informed as I can about the rich history of the Batman universe, going into it.

On also playing J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man:

There are easy comparisons to make. I wasn’t a big comic book reading kid, so I did a fair amount of reading when I was playing Jameson, who was very much the comic relief in those movies. Even in the comics, he was a blowhard who was all bark and very rarely bite. My understanding, from what I’ve learned so far about Commissioner Gordon, is that he’s the older guy with the mustache who relates with our hero in a certain way. Other than that, it’s a vastly different character and much more of a stronger, impactful character in the DC universe.

“Justice League” has a November 17, 2017 release directed by Zack Snyder starring Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon and Wilem Dafoe in an unknown role.

(pictured above: J.K. Simmons from The Meddler)