In Addition to Lobo, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Was Almost Batman (Sort Of)Image courtesy of DC ComicsIn addition to Lobo, Morgan was asked to play a particular version of Batman. Seven years later, Snyder brought Morgan back into the fold to play Thomas Wayne, Bruce Wayne’s father, in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. While Morgan accepted to play Thomas Wayne in a reduced role, that was not the last time he and Snyder talked about the subject. Image Courtesy of DC ComicsDiscussions of Morgan taking the Batman mantle preceded the DCEU, starting in the late 2000s. “I remember we started talking about Batman, him and I together on the press tour for Watchmen,” Morgan revealed.