Keaton in a 1992 interview for Batman Returns.
Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American actor, producer, and director. He portrayed Batman/Bruce Wayne in the first two films of the Batman Anthology, the original Batman and its sequel Batman Returns.
After the lukewarm reception to second film, director Tim Burton was relegated to the role of producer and hired his friend Joel Schumacher to continue with the franchise with the third installment. Since he already cast Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face in the film already, Schumacher wanted Keaton to return as Batman for Batman Forever with Lee and Janet Scott Batchler writing the character with his voice in mind and his agency wanted $15 million and the piece of the gross and merchandising, but Keaton never liked the idea of Batman with a bigger role at the time and took a pass on it. He was subsequently replaced by Val Kilmer and eventually George Clooney.
Despite being the only actor to play Batman more than once in the Anthology, Keaton declined interview for the 2005 dvd releases for reasons unknown.
Batman[]
Batman[]
Batman Returns[]
Batman Forever[]
Joel Schumacher wanted Michael Keaton to return as Batman in Batman Forever with Lee and Janet Scott Batchler writing it with his voice in mind. His agency wanted $15 million and the piece of the gross and merchandising, and even Jose Fernandez did prototype Batsuits that are meant for Keaton to wear, though Keaton never liked the idea of Batman with a bigger role at the time and took a pass on it, and Val Kilmer was cast to replace Keaton.
Quotes[]
Bruce goes into a trance-like state to become the bat.
Deleted scenes[]
- "There was a thing that never got in that was really interesting. I went to Tim and said that we should see if we could do a scene that showed the transition and Tim was really great about these things so we tried. I wanted to see and to show that transition when he goes from Bruce Wayne to Batman, the time when he’s about to don the suit and go out and wreak some havoc. That’s not a casual thing, obviously, it’s not putting on a jacket to go out for the evening. So what is that transition like? So there was a thing we did early on that showed him going into a sort of trance and it justified this shift in him. So we did that scene and it never made it into the film but I think helped me in a way. It was part of the way he became this other thing and even if you didn’t see it, it was part of the character and the way we created him. "
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