While speaking with
Total Film about his new movie The Ides Of March, George Clooney answered some questions about the failure that was
Batman and Robin. Clooney stated that its easy to say that it was a shit movie and even says that he was really bad in it. He did say, however, that he feel Batman is still the biggest break he ever had and that it completely changed his career.
Said Clooney:
"It was a difficult film to be good in. With hindsight it’s easy to look back at this and go ‘Woah, that was really shit and I was really bad in it.’"
“The truth is, my phone rang, and the head of Warner Bros said ‘Come into my office, you are going to play Batman in a Batman film’ and I said ‘Yeah!’ I called my friends and they screamed and I screamed and we couldn’t believe it! I just thought the last one had been successful so I thought I was just going to be in a big successful franchise movie."
“In a weird way I was. Batman is still the biggest break I ever had and it completely changed my career, even if it was weak and I was weak in it. It was a difficult film to be good in. I don’t know what I could have done differently.
“But if I am going to be Batman in the film Batman & Robin, I can’t say it didn’t work and then not take some of the blame for that."
Batman and Robin has long been regarded as one of the worst comic book movies of all time. Do you guys think its was Clooney's fault? Or would you place most the blame on Joel Schumacher? As usual sound off your thoughts in the comment boxes below.
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