JK Simmons Discusses 'Badass' Commissioner Gordon In Justice League
JK Simmons has been talking about his upcoming role as Commissioner Gordon in DC superhero epic ‘Justice League’, describing Batman’s famed ally as a “badass”.
Simmons was cast as the mustachioed officer of the law back in March and started filming around the time of the recently-published set reports.
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Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Simmons said: “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!'”
Simmons also discussed his training regime. Recently photos of the jacked 61-year-old working out went viral, but apparently it’s not so he can fit in alongside Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill.
"I just like to work out now,” he said. “I’m not going to the gym because of 'Justice League’. I’m just going to the gym because after the last time I got super fat and out of shape, I decided that I was done doing that.
"I was going to — for as long as I’m going to be on the planet — I’m going to try and take care of myself.”
'Justice League’ also stars Affleck as Batman, Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg and Jason Momoa as Aquaman.
The film is set for release on 17 November 2017.
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