John Cleese Continues to Tease His Involvement With JUSTICE LEAGUE
After legendary actor John Cleese started following Zack Snyder and Ben Affleck on Twitter, fans immediately jumped to the conclusion that the actor would be joining the DCEU in Justice League and possibly The Batman. Why would Cleese follow these guys on Twitter? Maybe he's a fan. But then one of his most recent tweets teased even more clues to his connection to the DCEU.
Cleese sent the following tweet to fans before speaking at a panel event, and that's where the fans spotted the clues. Sitting on his desk are comic books that include Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's Justice League: Origin, and Scott Snyder, Jock, and Francesco Francavilla's Batman: The Black Mirror (Noir Version).
Getting into character before tonight's Q&A in Worcester, MA pic.twitter.com/ajek3bpyQS
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) January 20, 2017
Could it be he's doing a little research? The graphic novels are clearly in plain sight, so he could be teasing his involvement with Justice League and The Batman or he could just be trolling fans for the hell of it.
I've seen some fans speculate that, if cast, the character will play a role in both Justice League and The Batman. A lot of the speculation and conversation centers around Cleese playing a Doctor at Arkham Asylum. Perhaps a version of Dr. Bartholomew Wolper from The Dark Knight Returns. He was a "fame-seeking psychiatrist who was critical of Batman's 'fascist' vigilantism and criticized him for not observing the civil rights of Gotham's criminals, in which Wolper firmly believed that Batman's actions indirectly made criminals insane like the Joker." He treated The Joker and Two-Face.
At this point, all we can do is speculate, but I love Cleese and I hope that he really does end up being a part of the DCEU!