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Of course, Johannsson recently appeared in the box office hit Jurassic World Rebirth alongside Wicked‘s Jonathan Bailey and (potential?) MCU star Mahershala Ali. She’s also set to star in Mike Flanagan’s upcoming The Exorcist film, marking her first foray into horror. But none of those jobs hold a candle to the one she just landed: The Batman Part II. Here are five DC characters Johansson could be playing in the upcoming superhero film.
5) Vicki Vale
Batman doesn’t just catch the attention of Gotham City’s cops; the local journalists also want to crack the case of the Dark Knight. Vicki Vale quickly makes the connection between the Caped Crusader and Bruce Wayne and finds herself romantically involved with the billionaire.
Since Johannsson doesn’t usually take a backseat in her films, having her play a love interest for the titular hero makes sense. Vale’s appearance in The Batman Part II would be her first in a live-action movie since 1989’s Batman, in which Kim Basinger played the role.
4) Phantasm
Not all of Batman’s romantic partners run for the hills when the fighting starts. In the critically acclaimed animated film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Andrea Beaumont agrees to marry Bruce, only to break off the engagement when she learns about her father’s dirty secrets. Carl Beaumont eventually dies at the hands of The Joker, sending his daughter down a dark path that sees her become a vigilante.
While it seems unlikely that Matt Reeves and Co. would retell the story of another Batman film, there’s no doubt that Phantasm fits the vibe of their world. It also wouldn’t be much of a challenge for Johannsson to put on a costume and go toe-to-toe with Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight, given her experience in the superhero arena.
3) Janice Porter
Gotham is a bit of a mess at the end of The Batman, and it’s going to take a strong district attorney to keep the criminals at bay. While Harvey Dent usually assumes that role, Reeves could choose to go in a different direction by bringing his successor, Janice Porter, into the fold. In the comics, despite taking over for Dent, she falls in love with his evil alter ego, Two-Face, and feeds him information.
Johannsson playing Porter would allow her to embrace both her light and dark sides. She may even make an ally out of both Batman and Bruce before pulling the rug out from underneath them at the last minute. All the movie would need to pull it off is a good Two-Face.
