Joe Manganiello excited to play Deathstroke role

Joe Manganiello is set to play nefarious super soldier Deathstroke in Ben Affleck's stand-alone Batman movie and the actor is thrilled at getting the chance to take on a comic book character.

The 40-year-old actor said he has been comic book fan since childhood and would give his best shot to the character, reported Entertainment Tonight.

"I'm glad everybody's happy. I'm just gonna put my head down and just really show up as prepared as any supervillain ever has. Growing up an avid comic book fan, and then there were a lot of superhero roles, and supervillain roles, that came my way that I said no to, or wasn't allowed to do, because of other commitments. It's just really exciting to think that this is the one."

Deathstroke was created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez and first appeared in DC Comic 'The New Teen Titans' #2 in 1980.

The character has a grudge against Green Arrow but his original enemy was the Teen Titans.