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Patrick Leahy ‘Batty’ for Ben Affleck

By Warren Rojas
Posted August 23, 2013 at 11:59am

The Internet continues battling it out over whether Ben Affleck is “daredevil” enough to successfully play Bruce Wayne in the Superman-Batman team up Warner Bros. has slotted for release in 2015. But “Dark Knight” alumnus Patrick J. Leahy has endorsed the Beantown native.

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To be fair, the Oscar-winning director is man enough to mock his own less-than stellar performances.

 

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