“Everyone has to work out their own salvation. “In an unflinching attempt to empower directors, actors and other collaborators to honor the truth and essence of each project, an attempt to breathe Suzukian life into a myriad of Hollywood moments, I had been deemed difficult and alienated the head of every major studio,” he said. There is no Batman,” he said, also noting that he does ultimately feel some guilt about being a ‘difficult’ actor to work with, and acknowledging that he ended up persona non grata in Tinseltown after incidents like the sudden abandonment of his proposed Batman sequels. “That’s why it’s so easy to have five or six Batmans.
In a huge new interview with the New York Times, the actor says he had an epiphany on the set of Joel Schumacher’s 1995 Dark Knight effort, Batman Forever, when billionaire Warren Buffett visited the set with his grandchildren.Īccording to Kilmer, he kindly waited to meet Buffett’s kids as he was told they wanted to see Batman, but when they arrived to find a Batsuited Kilmer ready to engage with them, they snubbed him for the Batmobile and various props, and he realised that it didn’t matter who was in the suit, and that Batman is purely a blank slate that we project ourselves on. Kilmer recently appeared as the silent Batman parody Bluntman in Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.Val Kilmer has addressed the circumstances that led to him leaving the role of Batman behind after just one movie. All of his line in The Snowman had to be dubbed. Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2015 and underwent surgery that left him barely able to speak above a whisper. Plans for a third movie with Schumacher were scrapped and a new Batman film remained in development hell until Christopher Nolan revived the franchise with Batman Begins in 2005. It is still considered to be one of the worst superhero movies ever made. Released in 1997, Batman & Robin only grossed $238.2 million and received a major backlash from fans and critics. He told Brodesser-Akner, "That's why it's so easy to have five or six Batmans. Kilmer stayed in costume for the kids, but he said they had no interest in him, only the batmobile and gadgets. Kilmer expressed dissatisfaction while recalling an encounter on set when Warren Buffett and his kids came to visit the set.
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