Joe Manganiello will play supervillain Deathstroke against Ben Affleck’s Batman
Manganiello’s upcoming assassin/villain role is confirmed by DC president and could lead to a number of potentially lucrative future spin-offs
The evolution of Joe Manganiello’s superhero film bad guy talents has come full circle with the announcement that the Spider-Man vet will be playing deadly assassin Slade Wilson/Deathstroke in future DC Comics-inspired films, notably in Ben Affleck’s first solo Batman film.
Before the heavyweight champ of superhero cinema that is Marvel Studios existed, Sony reigned supreme with its first Spider-Man film franchise.
In the first in 2002, Manganiello was the not so lovable bully Flash Thompson, pestering Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) until Parker was forced to give him a taste of his spider skills (although Flash was a little upset when Parker accidentally dumped his lunch on Thompson’s head due to his inexperience with his webbing at the time).
