Batman Star Jeffrey Wright responded to the backlash he received when he was thrown into the role of Commissioner Jim Gordon in the film DC Comics of Matt Reeves.
During a recent interview with ColliderThe Nominee Oscars discussed the negative reaction of certain fans who estimated that the longtime friend and ally of the Dark Knight should be played by a white breed actor, because the character has always been represented as being white on the page.
“I find it really fascinating the ways of which there is such a conversation, and I think even more of a conversation now, on the black characters in these roles”, “ Said Wright. “”It’s so racist and stupid. It is so blind in a way that I find it revealing not to recognize that the evolution of these films reflects the evolution of society, that it is somehow paraded from this franchise so as not to keep it anchored in the cultural reality of 1939 when the comics were published for the first time. It’s just the most stupid thing. It is absent all logical.
Wright then noted that one of the reasons why Batman endured as an essential element of popular culture for many years is that it was created to be “open”, allowing various different interpretations of the character and his world.
“I feel that I have these stories as much as anyone. Maybe now, because I am one of them, I have the most skin of the game “,” He added. “”[Batman creators] Bob Kane and Bill Finger are two Jews in the Bronx, imagining heroes and bad guys in a city that looked like the city around them at the time, but I think what they imagined was open. I think that the success and longevity of these stories and these characters are due to the opening of their imagination and what they have created. »»
Although there are always a certain quantity of counterpouss when a role is “exchanged by racing” and we are sure that Wright has experienced a certain negativity when he landed the play, we do not actually remember having seen as much indignation online when it was announced that it would play Gordon.
Wright should resume the role for Batman – Part IIAnd recently revealed that he had received the script.
Jeffrey Wright received the script from ‘The Batman: Part II’ 🦇 🦇 pic.twitter.com/q8mrh5vpbg
– The Batman Film News 🦇 (@thebatmanfilm_) August 30, 2025
We still know very little on Batman – Part IIBut there have been rumors that Hush and / or Mr. Freeze could end up being the bad guys. There does not seem to be much to these reports, but on the basis of the previous comments of Reeves, there is a good chance that the film has a winter frame.
In addition to Robert Pattinson, everyone in the first film (with the likely exception to Riddler by Paul Dano) should come back, as well as some characters from The penguin.
