

It’s kind of perfect considering Batman Forever and the upcoming The Batman both have Riddler as a villain. There’s a lot of suits for Batman over the years, including for Michael Keaton, George Clooney and more recently through the Dark Knight trilogy, Christian Bale, but it so happened to be Kilmer's. Warner Bros must have had Val Kilmer’s Batman suit (or one of them anyway) lying around for Robert Pattinson to try on for the screen test. Fri 05.55 EDT Last modified on Fri 08.30 EDT I t’s hardly surprising that two men who have played Batman on the big screen, Val Kilmer and Michael Keaton, should have. When Rob and I first got together, we’d had all these conversations and then just by virtue of what it is, it’s Batman, the studio said well, ‘We always do a screen test.’ Kind of like, Rob did first by himself and literally was wearing, I believe Val Kilmer’s bat suit, which by the way, the moment you put it on, it was a crazy moment. Ahead of revealing the jaw-dropping second trailer for the film, Reeves recalled how he tested Pattinson to be the next Bruce Wayne.

Movie, performing all of the concert pieces.Writer/director Matt Reeves, Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz were in attendance at the DC Fandome event, which was packed with massive reveals for upcoming movies and TV shows from the comic book universe.

Kilmer again put his good baritone to use in the The Dark Knight is back on the big screen for the third feature in the blockbuster Batman series. Talent and range, it wasn't until his astonishingly believableĪnd took notice. Throughout the 1980s, including the 1986 smash Played Hamlet at the 1988 Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Probably little wonder, then, that Kilmer and Joel Schumacher didnt get along, either. His professionalĪcting career began on stage, and he still participates in theater he We also learn how awful it was to star as Batman, with a suit that severely limited his ability to act-or even hear. In his teens, entered Juilliard's drama program. Val studied at Hollywood's Professional's School and, 25 94 TOMATOMETER 124 reviews 89 AUDIENCE 7.6/10 13. Back in March, we got our first confirmation from merchandise that Keaton’s Batman has long been retired as Gotham City’s protector, and The Flash trailer released in April teased this through the Batcave looking like it hadn’t been used. His mother, born in Indiana, was from a Swedish family, and his father Now director Andy Muschietti has teased the reason for why this Bruce Wayne quit being Batman. Val Kilmer was born in Los Angeles, California, to Gladys Swanette (Ekstadt) and Eugene Dorris Kilmer, who was a real estate developer and aerospace equipment distributor.
