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On the Happy Sad Confused Podcast, Josh Horowitz asked del Toro about Justice League Dark and who was part of the cast. That’s when del Toro revealed that they hadn’t reached casting yet, but there was one person he had already pictured in the film, and he would go on to reveal a full chase sequence involving that character that sounds awesome. Not only that, but del Toro revealed that there was even a Batman cameo in the film.
When asked about casting, del Toro said, “No I was not casting yet. I knew I wanted Doug Jones to be Deadman, because physically I could do the suit and I know his mannerisms and all that. I loved that screenplay. I was in love with that screenplay. I thought it brought everybody in effortlessly, you know.”
As for who the lead of the ensemble was, del Toro said, “It was John Constantine, and the plot made absolute sense, perfect sense. Like I really loved how they got tangled into, you know, we had, the Floronic Man was one of the villains, and it was really great because Swamp Thing was very fleshed out. There was a moment where Batman came in briefly. They said, ‘we need a plane’ and he said, ‘I know a friend of mine has a plane’, and then you were in Bruce Wayne’s office. You know I would have loved to have done that, but now I wouldn’t, you know.”
