Zack Snyder defends Ben Affleck casting: ‘I never liked a small Batman’

Some fear that Affleck, a recent tabloid fixture, may not be credible in the role. Snyder disagrees. “Not to be drinking my own Kool-Aid, but I think Ben is a pretty good Batman,” he says. “I never liked a small Batman. Ben’s all of 6-foot-4, and in the boots, he’s like 6-foot-6.” Affleck will also portray Snyder’s kind of Bruce Wayne, a stylish guy in his 40s who lives in a Mies van der Rohe house, has a Mapplethorpe in his bedroom, and drives a green 1957 Aston Martin. It’s the director’s own car.