Los Angeles: Actor Joe Manganiello, who essays the villainous character Deathstroke in the upcoming film 'The Batman', is hoping his fans will root for his portrayal of the character.

"This is my character, an exciting one, and has the capacity I think, to be a great villain. And what all the great ones can do is polarise an audience. When I was a kid, I always rooted for the villain. As a kid, I think I would have rooted for him and I think fans will," Manganiello told Robert Irvine magazine, reports femalefirst.co.uk.