Robin Williams (1951-2014) is an American actor. In 1989, after Jack Nicholson apprehensive about taking the role of Joker by Jon Peters, Williams was approached. It was later revealed that this was a trick in order to get Jack Nicholson to accept the role, which he eventually did after going on a horse riding excursion with Tim Burton and Peter Guber. Robin Williams was so hurt by this that he would never do another Warner Bros. movie until they apologized. in 1994, WB insisted the Riddler be in Batman Forever, Joel Schumacher made several attempts to contact him over the course of a year to schedule a meeting and writers Lee and Janet Scott Batchler writing the character with his comedic delivery, and even Williams talked to Akiva Goldsman about what The RIddler would do in his kitchen. Williams read the script for Batman Forever and he loved it, and both he and Michael Keaton wanted $15 million and the piece of the gross and merchandising, and Warner Bros. would spend $30 million on both Keaton and Williams and the role of the Riddler went to Jim Carrey.
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