Justice League: J.K. Simmons to play Jim Gordon

 

When we think of Batman’s corner of the DC Universe and the many supporting characters who inhabit it, it’s impossible to not have Commissioner Jim Gordon spring to mind. It is only fitting that a new actor which has now be revealed to be J.K. Simmons, carry the torch in the latest continuity of films, with his first appearance being in Justice League.

Although Simmons has already filmed some scenes for DC’s premier superhero team’s debut on the silver screen, he’s apparently not quite finished and will soon head back to London to shoot a bit more.
here’s what he had to say about his time working on the project, “It’s been a fun experience, and knock wood, if it continues, then I’ll hopefully get to play Commissioner Gordon in a handful of movies.” People of my generation remember Commissioner Gordon as this jolly, ineffectual Santa Claus type, and I think over the years in the comics there’s definitely much more of a badass side to him. One of the things that’s interesting to me is investigating hopefully a little bit more of that badass [side]…You’re living in a universe where it’s pretty tough to be a badass compared to somebody like Batman, but in the universe of non-superheroes I like the idea of Commissioner Gordon as a guy that can take care of himself, a guy that’s a real partner to Batman, not just a guy that turns on the bat signal and goes, ‘Help! Help, Batman!’”

Justice League opens in theaters on November 17th, 2017.