Michael Keaton Says ‘A Lot of People Are Making a Lot of Money With Superhero Movies’ Because of Tim Burton’s ‘Choice and Vision’ for ‘Batman’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Micheal Keaton helped present his longtime collaborator Tim Burton with a star on the Walk of Fame and noted that Hollywood has been making boatloads of money from superhero movies in recent years all because of what Burton started with 1989’s “Batman,” which starred Keaton in the title role.
The duo returned for the sequel “Batman Returns” in 1992. “He hands me a script and goes, ‘Tell me what you think,'” Keaton said about his “Batman” experience. “This is after Beetlejuice.
After that performance. After that type of movie. He says to the studio, ‘I want that guy.’ I’ll never understand this why anyone cared.
The uproar…you would’ve thought we were being invaded. It was unbelievable. The press was going crazy. But he stood by me. The guts it took to stand by that decision will always be appreciated by me.” Michael Keaton praises Tim Burton: "There are a lot of people making a lot of money out there with their superhero movies because of his choice and his vision of what those movies could be, because he changed everything." https://t.co/wxrWvt5aTS pic.twitter.com/F32Vp0xmHS “What that [movie] spawned…there are a lot of people making a lot of money out there with their superhero movies because of his choice and his vision of what those movies could be, because he changed everything,” Keaton added.
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