Tom Hanks Wants To Play The Bad Guy Against Batman or The Flash (Video)

Tom Hanks Wants To Play The Bad Guy Against Batman or The Flash (Video)

While promoting his latest movie, Captain Phillips, Tom Hanks is asked a series of social media questions with one asking the actor why he hasn’t done any big superhero movies.

Hanks offers that he would be all up for it, but hasn’t been asked and says he would play the villain to Batman or even The Flash.

“No. They don’t ask me. I keep trying. I can do it,” Hanks laughs. “Let me play a bad guy. Let me play the bad guy against Batman. I’ll do anything. Come on. Call me. They’ve never asked. What do I gotta do? God, I want to throw a shield at somebody. You Know. I want that. And I don’t want to play the guy in the suit who tells the superheroes what’s going on. I don’t want to be that guy. I want to get in there. I want to play The Flash or something like that. And they’ll never give me a chance.”

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Matt McGloin is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Cosmic Book News, the independent entertainment news site he founded in 2008. He covers movies, comics, TV, video games and pop culture and has reported major industry scoops over the years, including revealing the Avengers: Endgame title ahead of its official announcement. Through Cosmic Book News, he helped Marvel Comics promote Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova through exclusive previews, artwork, and interviews, with the site also quoted in solicitations and on comic covers. He also reported on Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again retooling before it was later confirmed by the trades.

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