“I went in to meet with the director… I asked, ‘who’s playing the lead?’… I said I think I should. He laughed… but I left that meeting planting a seed.”

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During a meeting with director Joel Schumacher, directly asked who should play the lead and asserted he should, planting a seed for a future test screen

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