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George Clooney Refuses to Show ‘Batman & Robin’ to His Wife: ‘I Want Her to Have Respect for Me’

posted 3 years ago by Satan2016 (26232)
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https://www.indiewire.com/2021/10/george-clooney-refuses-show-wife-batman-robin-1234669477/

Variety caught up with Clooney at the event and asked him about not being invited to reprise Batman in “The Flash,” a multiverse-set tentpole that’s bringing back actors like Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton to reprise their iterations of the Caped Crusader. “They didn’t ask me,” Clooney said. “When you destroy a franchise the way I did, usually they look the other way when ‘The Flash’ comes by.”

Clooney’s film is widely regarded as the worst Batman film ever made. Clooney’s wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, revealed to Variety that her husband “won’t let me watch” the movie. “There are certain films I just go, ‘I want my wife to have some respect for me,’” George Clooney said.

He told Deadline in 2013 that he keeps a photo of himself as Batman “prominently displayed on his office wall, as a cautionary reminder of what can happen when you make movies solely for commercial reasons.”

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 3 years ago

Audio clip here: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/culture/george-clooney-batman-franchise-destroyed-v51402069

[–] TandyMan (11357) 3 years ago

Maybe wise. It could lead to her making some jokes at his expense for the rest of their lives together. He surely gets enough of that BS from his friends, he don't need it at home.

[–] DoctorThirteen (15335) 3 years ago

I loathe and despise Batman & Robin with a passion. But I generally like Clooney and respect him for acknowledging his f***-up, and for apologising (a lot).