Gordon A Badass In Justice League

Gordon is a badass and Batman’s partner in Justice League

Jim Gordon is a beloved DC character, but often he’s portrayed as rather ineffectual, after all, why would Gotham need Batman if Gordon could actually handle the admittedly immense job of keeping Gotham safe from the city’s worst criminals? So how will Gordon be portrayed in the upcoming Justice League? J.K. Simmons talked about that very issue to Entertainment Weekly:

"People of my generation remember Commissioner Gordon as this jolly, ineffectual Santa Claus type, and I think over the years in the comics there’s definitely much more of a badass side to him,” Simmons explains. “One of the things that’s interesting to me is investigating hopefully a little bit more of that badass [side]…You’re living in a universe where it’s pretty tough to be a badass compared to somebody like Batman, but in the universe of non-superheroes I like the idea of Commissioner Gordon as a guy that can take care of himself, a guy that’s a real partner to Batman, not just a guy that turns on the bat signal and goes, ‘Help! Help, Batman!’"

Simmons also said playing Gordon in Justice League was fun and he’s hopeful it will lead to appearing in a handful of future DC movies.

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Well to be fair, I think in addition to the comics over the last few decades since the campy Adam West Batman TV show, Jim Gordon has been given a lot more character depth and badassness in many portrayals (though admittedly not in the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher films), from Batman: The Animated series to the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight Trilogy to the hit TV show Gotham, so thankfully JK Simmons will just be continuing that trend. Justice League is currently filming and is set to release in theaters November 17th 2017.