Michael Keaton performing in Los Angeles in January 2022 Photo: Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
From BZ/dpa
According to his own words, Batman actor and Hollywood star Michael Keaton has never seen a comic film adaptation to the end.
“I know people aren’t going to believe this, but I’ve never seen a full version of any of these movies — Marvel movie or any other,” the 70-year-old told Variety.
But that is not due to his standards or his taste. With regard to series, for example, he said: “It’s like there are very few things that I watch. I start watching something and I think it’s great and I watch three episodes, but then I have something else to do!”
Keaton, who rose to worldwide fame as an atypical action hero in a bat costume directed by Tim Burton in Batman (1989), admitted in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter last year that he’s not a comic book fan.
After Batman, Keaton and Burton continued their hit with Batman Returns (1992). But to the surprise of many in Hollywood, Keaton wasn’t ready for a third time. Instead, Val Kilmer stepped in for director Joel Schumacher on Batman Forever (1995). Keaton is set to wear the costume again for the movie The Flash. A real sensation that caused a sensation on the internet.