Every time an actor is announced as Batman, both fans and not-so-fans weigh in on whether he will be a good Bruce Wayne or not. One of those that caused the most controversy was, without a doubt, the Bat Man of Michael Keatonwho had been named by Tim Burton for the 1989 film.
Keaton himself has spoken about this in an interview with GQ, where he reflected on his time in Gotham and how he believes Burton's decision was quite daring. In turn, the actor himself acknowledged that, at first, he believed that the film was going to be a failure due to the films of Superman.
“When they told me, 'We're thinking about doing Batman,' I said, 'Wait, are you going to make a Batman movie? Yes, there was Superman, but that's Superman, which Dick Donner made, which was very, very good. Very lovely, actually. And Chris Reeve was great, and he had humor, and he was like, you know…”
“The fact that Tim said, 'That guy. I love that guy.' I still don't understand why people care so much. But still, it was a bold move on his part. And we also had a good relationship.” “I work, you know, from Bitelchús, so I think he felt that he and I would get along well through this. You know, we work well together.”
Although at that time the public opinion of Keaton as Batman It was quite hard, the truth was totally different: the actor became one of the best Bruce Wayne we have ever seen and to this day very few have been able to surpass him in terms of personality and charisma.
Now, Batman faces a most unusual journey, since he will be played almost simultaneously by two different actors: on the one hand we have Robert Pattinsonwho plays the billionaire in the franchise created in Elseworldswhile another will do so through Gods and Monsters, the DC cinematic universe commanded by James Gunn.
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