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"Adam West has joked that he wants to play Ben Affleck&amp;#039;s father in the Superman vs Batman film. The actor - who famously portrayed Bruce Wayne in the 1960s television show - offered a peculiar idea for Zack Snyder&amp;#039;s Man of Steel sequel. 13th Dimension asked West about the petition launched demanding a role for him in the movie.  &amp;quot;Can I tell you something?&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I keep hearing that I&amp;#039;m going to be [in it but] nobody&amp;#039;s contacted me. &amp;quot;They don&amp;#039;t understand that if I play Batman&amp;#039;s father, and one terrible evening, when Batman, Bruce Wayne himself - the young one - is desperate, and the thunder&amp;#039;s crashing, the lightning, I come in through the library window, which kind of springs open in the storm and I say, &amp;#039;Bruce, I&amp;#039;m your father. And at one time I was Batman. I want you to look in that volume over there&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;You know what I&amp;#039;m saying? People would stand up and cheer. But that&amp;#039;s just, you know, a cock-eyed idea of mine.&amp;quot;  Affleck recently revealed that he was initially &amp;quot;reluctant&amp;quot; to star in the film. The untitled Superman vs Batman movie is slated for release in 2015. Gallery - Batman actors in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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