He is Dr. Fate in the superhero movie Black Adam, starring The Rock. But Pierce Brosnan could have achieved superhero status much sooner if he hadn’t missed an important audition.
Invited to the set of Jimmy Fallon’s latest show, the former James Bond has told how he was about to play Batman in 1989.
“I applied for Batman when Tim Burton was doing it. Obviously, I didn’t get the job,” he said.
“I remember saying something stupid to Tim Burton, I said, ‘You know, I can’t understand a man who would wear his underwear over his pants.’ He’s the best guy who got the job.”
yellow briefs in blue stockings
Finally it was Michael Keaton who got the role and played the batman in the two films directed by Tim Burton. In any case, Batman isn’t the only superhero to wear boxer shorts over tights. This is also the case with Superman.
An outfit inherited from the early 20th century, no offense to Pierce Brosnan, when these superheroes appeared in comics, and they came straight from the world of the circus and the fairs. A time when strong men flexed their muscles in skin-tight flesh-colored leotards, under a “trunk,” a kind of boxer shorts.
If Dr. Fate isn’t wearing boxer shorts over tights in the Jaume Collet-Serra movie, he was wearing them when he was born in 1940, in More Fun Comics. Yellow panties over blue stockings.
Source: BFM TV
