{"id":11064,"date":"2014-01-31T11:27:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/?p=11064"},"modified":"2014-01-31T11:27:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:27:27","slug":"jeremy-irons-is-alfred-in-batmansuperman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=11064","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Irons is Alfred in Batman\/Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JeremyIronsPhoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11065\" alt=\"JeremyIronsPhoto\" src=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JeremyIronsPhoto-1024x738.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"443\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In a surprise press release by Zack Snyder it has been revealed that actor Jeremy Irons will be the new Alfred Pennyworth in the DC Cinematic Universe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here is an excerpt from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20140131005753\/en#.Uuv19fldWKU\">press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The director added, \u201cAs everyone knows, Alfred is Bruce Wayne\u2019s most trusted friend, ally and mentor, a noble guardian and father figure. He is an absolutely critical element in the intricate infrastructure that allows Bruce Wayne to transform himself into Batman. It is an honor to have such an amazingly seasoned and gifted actor as Jeremy taking on the important role of the man who mentors and guides the guarded and nearly impervious fa\u00e7ade that encapsulates Bruce Wayne.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Irons won the Academy Award\u00ae\u00a0for his portrayal of Claus von B\u00fclow in \u201cReversal of Fortune.\u201d His work in the film also garnered him a Golden Globe Award. He won an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award\u00ae\u00a0for his performance in the TV miniseries \u201cElizabeth I,\u201d opposite Helen Mirren, and recently starred on the small screen as Rodrigo Borgia in Neil Jordan\u2019s highly acclaimed Showtime series \u201cThe Borgias,\u201d for which Irons earned a Golden Globe nomination. He was recently nominated for a SAG Award\u00ae\u00a0for the PBS Great Performances television miniseries \u201cThe Hollow Crown,\u201d for his performance as Henry IV.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Batman\/Superman is currently\u00a0set to open worldwide on May 6, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nIn a surprise press release by Zack Snyder it has been revealed that actor Jeremy Irons will be the new&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=11064\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Jeremy Irons is Alfred in Batman\/Superman&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[262],"class_list":["post-11064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-featured","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jeremy Irons is Alfred in Batman\/Superman - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=11064\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jeremy Irons is Alfred in Batman\/Superman - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a surprise press release by Zack Snyder it has been revealed that actor Jeremy Irons will be the new&hellip; 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