You have to feel bad for Ben Affleck. After winning the Best Picture Oscar for Argo, he was offered the role of Batman. While his career as a director was skyrocketing, no actor can turn down the opportunity to play the Dark Knight. And despite the constant whining from the annoying Batfleck crowd, folks were still pretty excited to see Big Ben in the role.

Then Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice received a critical mauling, followed by Justice League‘s troubled production and endless reshoots, which was eventually capped off by a stint in rehab for the actor and finally, him resigning from the role ahead of The Batman going into production.

After all that, Affleck would be forgiven for never wanting to look at anything DC-related again, but apparently, he’s still interested in directing a movie for the company, despite walking away from playing the Caped Crusader.