In meeting with him, Schumacher expressed the desire to do a 180 from Burton replacing dark shadows with neon lights, putting nipples on the bat suit and going hipper and younger with the overall feel. He just played the tune they wanted to hear and landed the gig. Michael Keaton was attached to the third film from the outset.
After Burton stepped down as director he consented to meet with Schumacher and discuss the project. Keaton objected to the direction that Schumacher wanted to go in and declined the part. Alec Baldwin was then tapped, but with Schumacher wanting to go ‘hipper' he wanted a younger feel to Batman and selected Val Kilmer.
Kilmer took the lead without ever having read a script. He later regretted his decision as he had frequent clashes with Schumacher during filming. The casting change had a ripple effect as Rene Russo had been inked to play Dr.
It was thought that she was too old to play opposite Kilmer and Nicole Kidman was hired to replace her. At the time Kilmer was 36, Kidman was 28 and Russo was 40. Among those considered for the Riddler were Mark Hamill, John Malkovich, Robin Williams, Damon Wayans and Brad Dourif.
Up for Two Face were Mel Gibson and Clint Eastwood. Christian Bale, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Scott Speedman, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon were all up for Robin. A famous story is that the part was down to Chris O'Donnell and DiCaprio.
Producers showed pictures of the two actors to teen boys at a comic convention and asked them who they thought would win in a fight. Batman and Robin The weight of the Batman costume shot back up here at 90 pounds. Freeze suit was 75 pounds.
Robin and Batgirl had 50 pound suits. George Clooney in full regalia surprised his friends on the set of "ER" during filming. Clooney injured his leg playing basketball while making the movie and the suit had to be cut to allow his cast.
He can be seen limping in some shots. To show where Joel Schumacher's mind was, his top choices to play Mr. Freeze were Anthony Hopkins, Patrick Stewart, Hulk Hogan and Sylvester Stallone.
Julia Roberts, Sharon Stone and Demi Moore were considered for Poison Ivy. Jason Woodrue who creates Bane is a comic character also based on vegetation in his alter ego as the Floronic Man. His super soldier serum is also the name of the concoction that created Captain America for Marvel Comics.
Jesse Ventura has a bit part as a guard. He starred alongside Arnold Schwarznegger in and In meeting with him, Schumacher expressed the desire to do a 180 from Burton replacing dark shadows with neon lights, putting nipples on the bat suit and going hipper and younger with the overall feel.
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