Followers of DC Comics know that Clayface is, usually, a Batman foe and with the upcoming film set in Gotham Metropolis, followers have had some massive questions on simply how a lot Batman looms within the story. Now, Clayface star Tom Rhys Harries says that there have been prolonged discussions about simply how prevalent the Darkish Knight’s presence is in Clayface’s Gotham Metropolis and it appears like even when we haven’t met Batman within the DCU simply but, everyone seems to be conscious of the alternatives Gotham gives to inform completely different tales with out having to have the Batman current.
“Sure, we had discussions about that at size,” Harries informed ComicBook. “I believe that you’ve got the chance, Gotham’s so wealthy and the Batman villains gallery is so wealthy, is so stuffed with, you understand, like actual psychologically attention-grabbing characters with depths. You possibly can have these completely different characters and completely different tales play out while Batman additionally exists in that universe.”
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Whereas Harries reply could not fulfill some followers who need to know precisely how Batman elements into Clayface, the actor makes an excellent level. Among the best issues about Batman is simply how deep a bench of villains he has to take care of. Whereas most individuals take into consideration the Joker by way of the threats to and in Gotham Metropolis that the hero has to tackle, Harries is right in that there are extra tales that play out. We’ve seen it in different Batman-related initiatives, resembling HBO’s The Penguin. Clayface is simply one other villain being added to the roster of rogues who’ve had their tales informed within the grand historical past of taking numerous DC characters from web page to display screen.
And that will very properly be a giant a part of what makes Clayface so attention-grabbing as its personal film inside the DC Universe. DC Studios head James Gunn has stated that the movie takes place earlier than the occasions of 2025’s Superman and can have ties to the bigger DCU. However it’s additionally been burdened that the movie is solely exterior of Matt Reeves’ The Batman Crime Saga. As a result of it’s its personal story, it may assist to put the groundwork for what we are able to count on after we do get to a DCU Batman.
It additionally, to an extent, takes a bit stress off letting us actually get to know the forms of antagonists we’ll expertise because the DCU and Gotham Metropolis grows. Clayface may be very a lot the origin story for the enduring character, following film star Matt Hagen who turns into a check topic for a process that guarantees to revive his look after he’s disfigured by a mob boss. Clearly issues will go awry — that’s the place we get our story — however attending to see it occur will make issues that rather more attention-grabbing than merely giving us one other Batman story as a result of we get a human story. Harries has even stated that Clayface isn’t a redemption story, noting that Matt Hagen’s “ethical compass and his worth system are being challenged the entire time” and that when he lastly crosses the road of no return, that’s it. There is no such thing as a coming again. Appears like a good way to arrange this nook of the DCU to us.
Clayface opens in theaters October twenty third. How do you suppose Batman will issue into the Clayface story? Tell us within the feedback.