Wayans: 'I was hired to play Robin'

Marlon Wayans has revealed that he signed up to portray Robin in 1992's Batman Returns.

The GI Joe: Rise Of The Cobra star said that he was brought on board the project by director Tim Burton - however, his part was cut.

"I was actually supposed to play Robin in Batman Returns about 15 years ago," he told i09. "But there was too many characters. I was cast, I was paid and everything. I still get residual cheques."

When director Joel Schumacher took over helming duties for the 1995 movie Batman Forever, the filmmaker opted to cast Chris O'Donnell as The Boy Wonder.

Wayans added: "Joel Schumacher did it and he had a different vision for who Robin was. So he hired Chris O'Donnell. I get why they picked Chris O'Donnell, because it would be messed up to have Batman and you've got Robin, and his bulge is somewhat bigger than Batman's.

"Batman would have a serious problem with that."

Wayans recently told DS what it was like to be turned into a GI Joe action figure.