IN BRIEFS: News from the Men Who Wear Tights on Film

IN BRIEFS: News from the Men Who Wear Tights on Film

Nicolas Cage and Michael Keaton discuss Kick-Ass, Batman and why there are no good parts left in Hollywood!

By bsprecher - Nov 18, 2009 12:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman


Michael Keaton, Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman and Batman Returns

On whether some people still recognize him as Batman...

"I think some do. That's all right. Nothing wrong with that. I am Batman. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about it.

On how he is similar to Bruce Wayne...

"I don't know – sometimes I catch myself being dark and it's annoying. I think, 'Get over it.' I bore myself. But sometimes, like everybody, I'm sure I am obsessive."

And, on why we've seen him in so few movies recently...

"Look at the movies that are made. Just look what's made. And then look at what's not made. I almost never watch movies at hotels, but last night I had seen all the news, like, five times over and I thought, 'Well I'll watch a movie.' But, flipping through the channels, I went nah, nah, nah …

"They're animated so there's no room for an actor. Or they're the kind of movie where there's only one or two guys they'll cast – The Rock, let's say. Then we're down to the women's movies and you go, 'What is there for me to do in it?' And finally there are the little independent movies and so all the actors flock to them and there's only so many to go around."












Nicolas Cage, Big Daddy in Kick-Ass


On his role in the film...

"My character is more of a supporting part. I play the father of a young lady named Hit Girl, and Chloe Moretz plays that part. . . . It's kind of a very bizarre, loving relationship in the middle of what [director] Matthew Vaughn would call a lot of ultraviolence."


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Comickid65
Comickid65 - 11/16/2009, 7:12 PM
haha keaton was a great batman. CANT WAIT FOR KICK-ASS!
Comickid65
Comickid65 - 11/16/2009, 7:15 PM
come to think, mike keaton would be a good damon macready/big daddy.
Kebe
Kebe - 11/16/2009, 7:15 PM
like he said, He IS batman.
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 11/16/2009, 7:17 PM
You know, I love keaton and he's a great actor, but they're are plenty of good movies being made. It's to bad that he isn't in more but that's how some people's careers are.
HavokNinja93
HavokNinja93 - 11/16/2009, 7:38 PM
i think keaton would make a better big daddy then he did a batman.
StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 11/16/2009, 7:44 PM
Keaton is too old Havok...Nic Cage is a good actor and this role is gonna totally funny since he's gonna be doing an adam west style voice for big daddy
ThisFan
ThisFan - 11/16/2009, 7:45 PM
Kck-Ass will Kick-Ass
StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 11/16/2009, 7:45 PM
Keaton is too old Havok...Nic Cage is a good actor and this role is gonna totally funny since he's gonna be doing an adam west style voice for big daddy
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/16/2009, 8:26 PM
MICHAEL KEATON is BATMAN!!

No one will ever be better! ; )

Weapon420
Weapon420 - 11/16/2009, 8:40 PM
KEATON IS THE BEST!!! He didn't have to be a pretty boy like Kilmer, he didn't ruin it like Clooney and he didn't have to go Death Metal for the Voice of Batman like Bale.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/16/2009, 8:57 PM
Exactly, exactly!!
StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 11/16/2009, 9:19 PM
Keaton is indeed the best batman..go see Nostalgia Critics review of Old vs New with batman vs the TDK...i love the original cuz of the nostalgia factor and well...its sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good. it feels like a real live action comicbook...i watched it recently and joker still makes me laugh...Nichalson was the better joker
theartofoneness
theartofoneness - 11/16/2009, 9:29 PM
Keaton is still an actor I would love to see in theatres. He needs something that feels right to him though. But I think he could still do a lot.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 11/16/2009, 9:30 PM
keaton is the best batman ever! no one will top it. all these bale lovers can say what they want, they just gots no love for the classics :)

@ superhero9

"YOU WANNA GET NUTS!?!?!?! COME ON! LETS GET NUTS!"

thwip
thwip - 11/16/2009, 9:41 PM
how about we wait for keaton to get old, gray, and maybe a little overweight, then we see a "dark knight returns film."

and because DKR doesn't fit into the "official" batman cannon, it's ok if we get an old jack nicholson to play the joker, even though he supposedly died at the end of the first burton batman.
luffycapri
luffycapri - 11/16/2009, 9:49 PM
kick ass is going to kick some epic ass i hope XD

CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 11/16/2009, 9:50 PM
@ thwip

well we don't need to wait for keaton to get old, gray, and a little overweight, he's already there, lol. wait too much longer then we'll be seeing the The Dark Knight's Funeral. Ba-Dum-Dum-Ching!
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 11/16/2009, 9:56 PM
it's true, he's there already.
I remember thinking that he'd be a great old bruce wayne when there were rumors that they were going to do a batman beyond movie before they started production to batman begins. It'd be epic to see him in that role.

As for who's the better batman, it's hard I grew up on keaton and kilmer...and yes clooney...but I love the epic feel that nolan's movies have too. I think they're equal...well except for clooney.
Modifiious
Modifiious - 11/16/2009, 10:18 PM
I think Keaton made a better Batman but Nolan makes better Batman movies.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/16/2009, 10:50 PM
Guardian @ I had him cast in a BATMAN BEYOND movie casting, though he would be perfect for a KINGDOM COME BATMAN!!

Hey i did a KINGDOM COME casting a day ago! Check it out at FAN FIC!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/17/2009, 1:30 AM
Guys @ I couldn't agree more!!
catman
catman - 11/17/2009, 2:55 AM
It would be nice if Keaton got a role in the next Batman film, not as Batman but as another famous character from the bat-books or if he played a role in smallville. a role which was a nod to bruce wayne or someething... :) Problem with both parts is.. hes getting older now..
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 11/17/2009, 4:28 AM
HONESTLLY HE WAS BY FAR THE BEST BATMAN, TRUE HE DIDNT HAVE THE BULK AND MUSCLE THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY HE HAD THE STRENGTH TO LIFT A GUY OVER A LEDGE THEN TOSS HIM LIKE A RAG DOLL..BURTON SAW WHAT WE CAME TO REALIZE AFTER WE WATCHED BATMAN, DON'T LIE PEOPLE YOU WERE PROBABLLY LIKE,"WTF?""MICHAEL KEATON AS BATMAN???BEETLEJUICE???"BUT WE WERE SO CHANGED AFTER WHAT HE DID..HEATH WAS LIKE THAT TOO...HEATH LEDGER AS THE JOKER? THE GAY COWBOY IN BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???...AND GUESS WHAT, HE WILL PROBABLLY BE CONSIDERED THE BEST BEST JOKER EVER PORTRAYED HANDS DOWN...THEY COME OUT OF NOWHERE.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 11/17/2009, 4:57 AM
@ multi

i don't get it either buddy. i don't know if most people around here are just young, or what. its funny, because SO many people make fun of bale's voice, then turn around and say he's a better batman than keaton. it doesn't make any sense.

and the height thing is a ridiculous argument.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 11/17/2009, 5:00 AM
@ gunsmith

no doubt, man! i don't think ANYONE was excited that keaton was playing batman...UNTIL they saw the movie!
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 11/17/2009, 8:02 AM
I love the old batman films, and Keaton was a good batman, but I just personally prefer bale's batman/wayne.
TheJester
TheJester - 11/17/2009, 8:05 AM
Keton was awesome as batman/wayne.

Bale nailed the essence of it, aside from the shitty voice.
Shaman
Shaman - 11/17/2009, 8:26 AM
Oh good gawd how many times have i TRIED to ram the TRUTH through everyone's head!!!! MICHAEL KEATON was and until proven otherwise, WILL ALWAYS BE THE VERY BEST "BRUCE WAYNE"!!!!! Yes yes, he is the best Batman too, but way more so Bruce Wayne!!! Bruce Wayne is a deranged individual who is bent on avenging his parents and making sure it doesn't happen to others again. The most important thing to him is to make his parents proud of him. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS would Bruce Wayne act like Bale has made him out to be in the public eye!!! He'd never become someone that his father would be ashamed of like the Bruce that Bale has given us. Bruce YEARNS for a sign from them telling him that he is doing the "right thing" by them and by the people of Gotham!!! THAT is his holy grail, his never ending goal which will never the attained!!! THE GUY IS DAMNED, CURSED AND EVEN DOOMED!!! He's obsessed with it, it torments him constantly!!! It's a miracle that he can even get some SLEEP!!! Keaton BRILLIANTLY portrayed every single complex layer to Bruce's character. Bruce Wayne wasn't raised to be a snotty rich kid and never grew up to become an arrogant hotshot millionaire!!! No matter what you THINK a millionaire acts like, THAT'S NOT BRUCE WAYNE!!! Bruce Wayne has always been a charming yet regular man with a shitload of money in public eye and a brooding avenger at night! Although there are MANY facets to Bruce, he is the LEAST FAKE human being. Every facet you see of him IS HIM!!! Nothing is a charade when it comes to Bruce which makes him incredibly complicated to portray and makes Michael Keaton's performence that much more MONUMENTAL!!! Michael Keaton is DEFINITELY the best Bruce Wayne and also the best Batman!!! It's the batsuit's job in a batfilm to be dark and scary no matter how tall and muscular the person in it is. It's then the actor's job to make the suit come alive which Keaton did better than anyone else. We can argue details all we want, the fact is that Keaton, all 5'9 165 lbs of him, was the best batman EVER!!! That actually makes him that much more of an outstanding actor! Not many people of his size could have pulled of what he did as convincingly!!! Michael Keaton IS Batman!!!
superdog
superdog - 11/17/2009, 8:31 AM
they are both good for the movies they are in. i think bale would be out of place in burtons batman and keaton would be out of place for nolans. but for thier respective movies they are perfect. and this is what i keep saying about ryan reynolds as green lantern. people are all freaking out but they forget about keaton, and ledger for that matter. they're called actors for a reason.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 11/17/2009, 8:34 AM
WHAT I DONT GET KEATON DOES THE VOICE AND PULLS IT OFF...BUT BALE DOES THE SAME VOICE..IT SEEMS ALLITTLE ..WELL I DUNNO BUT PEOPLE JOKE ABOUT IT....WHY IS THIS??
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 11/17/2009, 8:43 AM
@ gunsmith

do you reall not see a difference in keaton's batman voice and bale's??? seriously?? they sound the same to you?? bale has to stop in the middle of a lot of his sentences just so he can catch his breath to get the rest out! he sounds like he's been smoking 2 packs a day for 40 years straight. keaton's wasn't all growly and throaty and scratchy...it was just deep and gruff. he sounded like a badass! bale just sounds like he's some guy TRYING to disguise his voice.
Shaman
Shaman - 11/17/2009, 9:13 AM
Superdog- That is very true. The only thing that makes me cringe with him as Green Lantern isn't primarily aimed at him. It will depend A LOT on Martin Campbell and what HE'll let Ryan do. Hopefully, Martin'll whip Ryan into shape! We all know Ryan has the talent, he just doesn't have an ounce of judgement to use it on his own. He NEEDS a good director to shut him the [frick] up!!!
hescian
hescian - 11/17/2009, 10:04 AM
Complaining about what Bruce/Batman said or did in BB or TDK is irrelavent. That has nothing to do with Bale, that's just script and story writing. If you don't like Bruce Wayne being someone his father would be ashamed of, or if you don't like Bruce wanting to give up the mantle to live a normal life, blame David Goyer. Goyer and Danny Elfman are 2 of the most overrated people in hollywood.
It's a matter of opinion, and some of us think Bale is a better Bruce/Batman than Keaton. Just like some of us liked WarZone better than Punisher. Some of us like the original Crow, some think it should be re-made. Etc., Etc.

I still maintain that the reason some people on this site love Keaton so much, is mostly due to nostalgia. When Batman came out in 1989, for a lot of people (on this site) it was an experience, not just a movie.

And there's nothing wrong with that. But keep in mind, there are a lot of people in the older generation that think that ADAM WEST IS BATMAN, and quite frankly, think the Keaton Batman and Bale Batman are too dark and violent.

Opinions aren't right, or truth, they are just opinions.
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