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George Clooney News: Actor Apologizes for 1997 'Batman and Robin' Film Flop
Many Batman fans will remember the disappointing rendition made by actor George Clooney in 1997's 'Batman and Robin' movie.
Clooney has since apologized for the failed film and has marked it as one of his mistakes in his career, but in a recent interview on the Graham Norton show, the actor found it necessary to once again voice his dismay.
He referred to the movie as a "disaster" and even states that he always apologizes for the movie.
"I thought at the time this was going to be a very good career move. Um, it wasn't," he stated.
At last year's Comic-Con he even went as far as saying that he thought he "ruined" the character. He was delighted to see the character done justice in subsequent films.
"Of course, Batman & Robin isn't the only Batman movie that isn't held in high esteem these days. Batman Forever, Joel Schumacher's first Dark Knight installment from 1995, receives almost as much ridicule because of just how silly and over-the-top it was - few can forget Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey's reign of terror as Two-Face and The Riddler. While Tim Burton attempted to make Gotham City a dark and Gothic place, Schumacher's films seemed to blatantly try to win over younger moviegoers by making the tone much lighter and adding a whole lot of silliness," writes Screen Rant.
The actor went on to talk about how it was working on set with the "eccentric" Schumacher, and how his batsuit weighted around 60 pounds.