Fans Concerned About Sebastian Stan’s Look Two Months Before Filming ‘The Batman 2’

The sequel to The Batman (2022) has been confirmed to begin filming this June and release on Oct. 1, 2027, barring delays. The franchise’s second entry, written and directed by Matt Reeves (War for the Planet of the Apes, Cloverfield) and starring Robert Pattinson as the Dark Knight, has fans eager to see what’s in store for Gotham City next.

After multiple years of radio silence, production has finally ramped up to begin filming, and new players are joining the cast of the sequel. Oscar-nominated and Marvel alumni actors Sebastian Stan and Scarlett Johansson have both been confirmed as core members of this next chapter.

Stan has been confirmed to be playing Gotham District Attorney Harvey Dent, who is often transformed into the villain Two-Face. Johansson’s role is still unconfirmed, but it is heavily rumored to be Gilda Dent, wife of Harvey. Gilda has never been depicted in live action but is crucial in comics like Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.

The announcement of Stan’s casting as the tragic villain was met with probably the most universal rejoicing from fans that you will ever see for a comic-book movie casting. However, two months from the start of filming, some fans are concerned about the physical appearance of the actor playing Gotham’s DA.

Thursday, the film FJORD, starring Stan, was unveiled to be premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in May. From first looks, the traditionally heartthrob actor is completely bald without the use of prosthetics. His head was shaved for the role.

Photos of Stan this week, walking the streets of New York, show that he currently is at buzz-cut level of regrowth. With filming on The Batman 2 commencing soon, many are wondering what that means for his appearance in the film.

Dent is almost exclusively portrayed as a charismatic character with good looks. This is exactly what moviegoers are used to with Stan from roles like Bucky Barnes in the MCU, A Different Man and Fresh.

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Character design is unknown at this point, but fans definitely have a specific vision for what they want Reeves’ Harvey Dent to look like.

Stan will be the third actor to play Dent in a live-action Batman movie, following in the footsteps of Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight (2008) and Tommy Lee Jones in Batman Forever (1995).