Justice League: JK Simmons Definitely Wants Commissioner Gordon To Be A Badass
"Let Gordon be a bad ass"
When the Instagram images of JK Simmons getting SWOLL for his upcoming role as Commissioner Gordon in Justice League (and hopefully beyond), it was immediately clear that we were getting a new breed of the police chief. Those rippling muscles obviously weren't just accessories for his uniform.
Simmons then confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that his intent was to bring a more badass version of the character to the screen, calling him more of a partner to Ben Affleck's Batman rather than a damsel in distress type. The good news there was that he also expressed a desire to return to the DCEU after Justice League.
Now in another interview with Entertainment Tonight, at the 2016 MLB All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game, Simmons spoke on the same front, talking up his role and also his planned future work as the character:
"If you look at the history of the character, In the comics, he's a pretty tough guy. He's not just this sort of comic relief, he's not just anything, he's a part of that universe. And in the first film that we're currently shooting [Justice League], my part is not as big as, knock wood, it will be in some of the future films, the Batman film, you never know for sure what's going to be made, what's not going to be made, but the plan is, Plan A, if that indeed comes to fruition, is that there will be more Commissioner Gordon in the future. And I have absolutely no idea, zero idea, but I'm lobbying right now: let Commissioner Gordon be a badass."
Judging by his gym work, and the fact that he's already filming Justice League, he knows. He's just being coy.
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