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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6174042" data-attributes="member: 17106">I thought Ledger was an absurd choice, and I'm sure I and many other people were quite surprised at his transformation. Not the same thing though. For one thing, Ledger wasn't a bad actor. The issue was more that he had never done anything remotely like the character he was being cast to play. Conversely, Affleck has already done Daredevil, which was not particularly well-received and apparently got him a Razzie.The other issue is the celebrity level. Ledger wasn't unknown, but he certainly was never an A-lister; and he could probably have walked down a street in the US without getting mobbed. Everyone pretty much knows who Ben Affleck is. In superhero movies; I think it's better to cast an actor whose presence in public consciousness doesn't overshadow the part. Bale made a believable Batman in part because most viewers didn't know who he was, same with Cavill and this new Superman, Tobey Maguire and Spider-Man, etc. etc.I say let Affleck continue to direct moderately sized movies (which is what he's apparently doing a decent job at) and leave playing the big-budget superheroes to someone else.I'd pretty much take it in stride. Happens all the time. Celebrities' worst work probably sticks in people's minds more easily, but people of all stripes get judged for things that happened a long time ago; sometimes fairly, sometimes not.</blockquote>