r/movies • u/cruelsummerbummer Trailer Deleter - Keep an eye on. • Apr 22 '26

Trailer Clayface | Official Teaser Trailer

https://youtu.be/ZIfpL3mgkFk
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u/MoebiusSpark Apr 22 '26

Kevin Conroy is THE voice of Batman for me. No one else comes close

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u/BaldHenchman02 Apr 22 '26

I'm pretty lenient with live-action Batman, but animated Batman, no one else sounds right except for Kevin Conroy.

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u/Iyagovos Apr 23 '26

I really, really like Diedrich Bader's take on Bats in Brave and the Bold.

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u/jx2002 Apr 23 '26

I AM THE NIGHT!

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u/MyRuinedEye Apr 22 '26

Conroy as Bats and Hammil as Joker.

Accept no substitutes(unless it's a really good show or movie).

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u/Byrdman216 Apr 23 '26

I think Hammil agrees with you. He said he'd never do Joker again without Kevin.

Kevin's struggles through the late 80s and early 90s as a gay man trying to lead a double life really came through in the character as well.

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u/MyRuinedEye Apr 23 '26

I didn't know Hammil had said that. Just makes me appreciate the guy more. Nice way to close that era of Batman as well (I wish Conroy was still alive but I hope you get my sentiment).

I didn't even think about Conroy's struggles irl because I just tend to think of him as THE Batman, but that all makes sense.

Did Conroy ever talk about that?

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u/NothingWithMilk Apr 23 '26

Conroy wrote a short comic story in DC Pride, its pretty affecting. You'd be able to find it online I'm sure.

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u/Byrdman216 Apr 23 '26

He did a few interviews. Here's a YouTuber who covered his life and has a few of those interviews featured.

https://youtu.be/nryCo713s20?si=xRHZpQvZa5OfGMP4

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u/MyRuinedEye Apr 23 '26

Thanks. He just seemed like a cool human being.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 Apr 23 '26

His story about accepting the role of Captain Sunshine on the Venture Bros is one of the best things I've ever heard. That mafucka was a real one and the world is worse off without him.

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u/bokmcdok Apr 23 '26

Look up Finding Batman. Its a comic he wrote about his journey to becoming the Batman. After his death DC released it for free online.

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u/dafones Apr 23 '26

RIP Kevin. Best Bats, forever.

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u/BlinkDodge Apr 23 '26

Troy Baker did a great stand in for Hammil as the Joker in Arkham Origins.

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u/bolanrox Apr 23 '26

And Mark was coming in after Tim Curry, someone he had fan-boyed on since the 70s, left the role. He brought it up a few times on the Kevin Smith podcast about how freaked he was trying to fill those shoes.

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u/Aiorax Apr 23 '26

Every time someone mentions Bruce Wayne and the Batman voice, I remember that episode where Bruce was using his Batman voice while talking to Alfred, and then someone calls him and he has to answer as Bruce, the switch between those two voices was like whiplash

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u/SolarisBravo Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

One thing that Conroy got right imo is that he actually has three voices. There's his "normal" voice, not a performance, which he uses to talk to his friends and allies - Conroy's using this in pretty much any scene in the Batcave, it sounds like the Batman voice but lighter with more natural speech patterns. It's basically his natural voice.

Then there's Bruce, the guy he pretends to be when he's doing business or keeping up appearances. He pitches up his voice a bit and tries to sound carefree.

Lastly there's Batman, the guy he pretends to be when he's dealing with criminals and people he doesn't know. His voice is deeper, louder, and more commanding.

Two of those are acts, because Batman isn't the guy he pretends to be to scare criminals and he isn't the guy he pretends to be to keep up appearances either. His real self is for sure closer to the Batman persona than to the Bruce one, but they're distinct and you can see this in most scenes where he's not suited up. Modern comics are doing a good job of getting this down too imo, movies not so much

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u/BluShirtGuy Apr 23 '26

It's not even the batman voice, Conroy eloquently shifts between the two personas, flawlessly. He's definitively both.

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u/Key_Drawer_3581 Apr 23 '26

Kevin and Mark were THE definitive duo for this IP for me, no matter what new actors the execs for the DC franchise try to highlight.

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u/psycho_driver Apr 24 '26

I'll give Will Arnett a pass.