Eminem wants to play the Riddler? Interesting… but I don’t buy it, even if it's floating around the tabloids. You don’t have to be a quizmaster to realize that the rhyme they claim he made up for this - - it goes a bit like “When it comes to business, you know I ain’t no fiddler… You tell them Batman biggies, I wanna play The Riddler!” - - is a big clue that this is a bunch of super-market newspaper baloney. That being said, I think it’d certainly be interesting to see Slim Shady acting in some capacity in BATMAN 3, even if it isn’t as Edward Nigma. The guy actually did a pretty good job in 8 MILE but, outside of his cameo in FUNNY PEOPLE and that odd dalliance he had with headlining JUMPER, he hasn’t done anything since.
I’m sure a lot of you are going to be gritting your teeth over the prospect of him playing this character, but keep it in perspective. Eminem as the Riddler isn’t nearly as bizarre as the time Prince played the Joker… == TEASER ==
The funny is… the last time Eminem was erroneously rumored to play a comics character, it ended up getting the WANTED movie made. If you back the original comic, it’s patently obvious that J.G. Jones modeled the Killer after Marshall Mathers’ likeness. As I recall, the earliest talks of a movie adaptation made it sound like Eminem was directly attached to play the lead. Regardless of whether that was true or not, it got enough attention and heat on the project that it eventually became the blockbuster we all saw. Obviously, BATMAN 3 doesn’t need any more heat than it already has, but this tidbit’s still worth pointing out.
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