Aaron Paul Was Almost in a Batman Movie, Reveals Why He Turned Down Role

Actor Aaron Paul recently revealed how close he came to starring in one of Christopher Nolan‘s Batman movies.

While speaking with ScreenRant to promote his new video game, Dispatch, Paul recalled being offered a role in one of Nolan’s The Dark Knight movies,. “I sat down with Christopher Nolan on another project. This was years ago,” he shared. “I think it was for Interstellar, but I was offered a very small role — you’re literally just reminding me of this — in one of the Batman movies he was doing.”

Paul is unsure which installment in The Dark Knight trilogy he could have appeared in. However, it was likely 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises, as the previous two entries — 2005’s Batman Begins and 2008’s The Dark Knight — were released before Breaking Bad turned Paul into a household name, making it unlikely that he would have been offered a role in one of those instead of having to audition for it.

Why did Aaron Paul turn down a Batman movie role?

As for why Paul turned down the role, scheduling conflicts were to blame. “I was literally shooting another project, and I couldn’t do it. It was a tiny, tiny, tiny role — but I don’t care,” the actor shared. While Paul never disclosed who his character would have been during the interview, he revealed that he had just recently re-watched The Dark Knight, which had led him to think about how he could have been in it. “I was like, ‘Ah, it would have just been so cool to just be in 30 seconds of one of those movies,'” Paul added.

While the chance to appear in The Dark Knight trilogy has come and gone, the door remains open for Paul to appear in a future Batman movie, especially with Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II set to begin filming in 2026.

“I love Batman. I think Batman’s probably my favorite, because he’s kind of a real guy, right? He’s just the guy with a lot of money and a lot of toys, and he’s not messing around . . . I love Superman — I love it all. It’s just such a fun, fantastic world where the options are sort of limitless,” Paul exclaimed.

Dispatch will be released on PlayStation 5 and Windows in weekly intervals starting on October 22, 2025, and ending on November 12, 2025.

(Source: Screen Rant)

Originally reported by Lee Freitag for SuperHeroHype.

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