George Clooney: ‘I was held responsible for poor performance of Batman & Robin’
George Clooney struggled to land any Hollywood roles after his 1997 movie Batman & Robin flopped.The 59-year-old actor starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alicia Silverstone, Chris O’Donnell, and Uma Thurman in the superhero movie, which took just $238 million worldwide despite having a production budget of $125 million.Following the poor reception to the film, George found it hard to be taken seriously for further roles – until Steven Soderbergh came along with his 1998 crime comedy Out of Sight.RIP to Steven Soderbergh“Steven was coming off a couple of flops and I was coming off Batman & Robin and we both needed a success,” George explained during a Zoom interview with Britain’s The Sun on Sunday newspaper.“Our backs were against the