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Joel Schumacher: 'Val Kilmer was the best Batman'
Published Friday, Oct 14 2011, 09:37 BST | By Kate Goodacre | 16 comments
Joel Schumacher has revealed that he thinks Val Kilmer was the best actor to play Batman.
Speaking to IFC, the Batman Forever director said that Kilmer brought something special to the iconic role.
Schumacher said: "For me, Val Kilmer was the best Batman. I thought he looked great in the costume, and I thought he brought a depth to the role.
"I thought the relationship between Val and Nicole Kidman was very sexy. Jim Carrey, of course, was the perfect Riddler. And then I had the great Tommy Lee Jones and a lot of other great people are in that movie."
> Joel Schumacher 'was asked to make Batman & Robin sequel'
Schumacher also revealed that he had never originally intended to make Batman Forever's 1997 follow-up Batman & Robin, which received poor reviews.
"I broke a rule of mine, which is never to do a sequel of anything," he recalled. "They wanted me to do sequels for St. Elmo's Fire, Flatliners, Lost Boys, and some of the other films I've done, and I always knew that if you get lucky, walk away.
"But I was shooting A Time To Kill and the studio had been very generous to me, and much was expected of me by the toy manufacturers and the Warner Bros. stores."
Schumacher is due to direct thriller The Hive, with Halle Berry in contention for the lead role.
Speaking to IFC, the Batman Forever director said that Kilmer brought something special to the iconic role.
Schumacher said: "For me, Val Kilmer was the best Batman. I thought he looked great in the costume, and I thought he brought a depth to the role.
"I thought the relationship between Val and Nicole Kidman was very sexy. Jim Carrey, of course, was the perfect Riddler. And then I had the great Tommy Lee Jones and a lot of other great people are in that movie."
> Joel Schumacher 'was asked to make Batman & Robin sequel'
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Schumacher also revealed that he had never originally intended to make Batman Forever's 1997 follow-up Batman & Robin, which received poor reviews.
"I broke a rule of mine, which is never to do a sequel of anything," he recalled. "They wanted me to do sequels for St. Elmo's Fire, Flatliners, Lost Boys, and some of the other films I've done, and I always knew that if you get lucky, walk away.
"But I was shooting A Time To Kill and the studio had been very generous to me, and much was expected of me by the toy manufacturers and the Warner Bros. stores."
Schumacher is due to direct thriller The Hive, with Halle Berry in contention for the lead role.
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