![]() " asked me, 'I don’t understand why everything has to be so dark and everything so sad,' and I went, 'Wait a minute, do you know how this guy got to be Batman? Have you read… I mean, it's pretty simple.' It was always Bruce Wayne. "I walked away going, 'Oh boy, I can't do this’," says Keaton. Some of it had to also do with the new direction and tone of the film that would go on to become Batman Forever, as Joel Schumacher ( The Lost Boys) was picked to direct and he wanted to leave behind the tone that Burton had established in the previous films. Keaton's desire to focus on the famous billionaire playboy behind the world's greatest detective is only part of the reason for his quitting the part. Who's that guy? What kind of person does that?" ![]() Batman does this,' and I kept thinking to myself, 'Y'all are thinking wrong here.' It's about Bruce Wayne. "I knew from the get-go it was Bruce Wayne. "To me, I know the name of the movie is Batman, and it's hugely iconic and very cool and culturally iconic and because of Tim Burton, artistically iconic," says Keaton of the role. In a recent appearance on In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast, the Spider-Man: Homecoming actor reflected on his decision to walk away and finally opened up about why he did it. And while he would go on to star in the sequel, Batman Returns in 1992, he never returned for the next film - despite both movies' overwhelming success. Michael Keaton first stepped into the cape and cowl of Batman(and his alter ego Bruce Wayne) in 1989.
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