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Brosnan’s fate could have taken a different turn had his sense of humor not botched his audition for “Batman.” “I went up for ‘Batman’ way back in the day when Tim Burton was doing it,” Brosnan said during his interview on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” “Obviously, I didn’t get the job. I remember saying something stupid to Tim Burton. I said, ‘You know I can’t understand any man who would wear his underpants outside his trousers.’ But there you go. The best man got the job. And, you know, Doctor Fate and I were meant to meet on the same page.”
Despite Brosnan’s abilities, the actor wasn’t even Burton’s first choice to be Batman. The director wanted Mel Gibson for the part, but Gibson was already committed to returning in “Lethal Weapon 2,” according to E! News. Willem Dafoe also said he was considered in an interview with MTV, but he was just another among many. Kevin Costner, Harrison Ford, and Dennis Quaid were also on Burton’s wish list, according to History, but he ultimately went with Michael Keaton.
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Fate can be a fickle friend or foe, but destiny seems to have guided Brosnan down the right path at every turn. Had he donned the Caped Crusader’s cowl, Brosnan never would have played 007 because of the timing of Burton’s “Batman” in 1989. Whether “Black Adam” is a hit or not, Brosnan has come full circle, and he is now one of the most powerful DC heroes.
