Chris O’Donnell and George Clooney in 1997’sBatman & Robin.Photo: Warner Bros/Everett
George Clooneywon’t be showingBatman & Robinduring movie night any time soon.
Batman & Robinwas the first and last time George played the DC superhero, a fact that’s not lost on the Oscar winner.
At a recent screening of his new filmThe Tender Bar, George joked toVarietythat he was not invited to reprise his role as Batman, whileBen Affleck— the most recent actor to play the iconic role — was tapped forThe Flash, a DC film in which he’llplay Batmanonce again.
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Amal, 43, toldVariety, “He won’t let me watch it,” referring to George’s turn as Batman inBatman & Robin.
TheOcean’s Elevenstar defended his choice, explaining, “There are certain films I just go, ‘I want my wife to have some respect for me.’ "
He added that he won’t even allow his children to see the film. Amal and George share four-year-old twinsAlexander and Ella.
“It’s bad when your four-year-old kid goes, ‘This sucks,’ " George said. “That could be painful.”
Amal and George Clooney.LISA O’CONNOR/AFP via Getty
Georgeisn’t shyabout his regret for hisBatman & Robinperformance. During a 2019 interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, he plainly stated, “I wasn’t good in it, it wasn’t a good film,” but said he used the experience to inform his future film projects.
“What I learned from that failure was that I had to relearn how I was working. Now, I wasn’t just an actor getting a role, I was being held responsible for the film itself,” George explained. “So the next three films I did wereThree Kings,Out of SightandO Brother, Where Art Thou?That was a very specific choice for me to find better projects.”
When it was time for Affleck to suit up for the role, he called George for advice. Affleck first played Batman in 2016’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. George initially warned him not to take the role, herecalledtoHoward Sternlast year, but was pleased to see that Affleck did “a great job.”
“Ben didn’t listen to me, and he ended up doing a great job and I was wrong,” George told Stern. “But hey, I can only impart my wisdom from my experience and I just said, ‘Don’t have nipples on the suit.’ "
The Tender Barwill be in theaters nationwide on Dec. 22 and on Amazon Prime Video on Jan. 7.
source: people.com
