10 Iconic Actors Who Almost Played Batman Villians
7. Matt Damon As Two-Face - The Dark Knight
After the critical success of Batman Begins actors started swarming around the sequel to land a juicy role. Actors like Adrian Brody, Paul Bettany and Sam Rockwell were briefly considered for the Joker, with director Chris Nolan eventually landing on Heath Ledger; and thank god he did.
Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Jackman – amongst many others – were then considered for Harvey Dent / Two-Face, but Matt Damon was actively pursued for it. Despite not having a great interest in making comic book movies he was intrigued by working with Nolan, but couldn’t accept because his schedule wouldn’t allow it.
This is probably for the best since Eckhart was the movie’s secret weapon, though Damon would no doubt have done a fine job. He later worked with Nolan on Interstellar, which seems like a better fit.