Batman 89′ is one of my favorite films of all time and with that comes my favorite Batman of all time, Michael Keaton. With his return to the iconic role for The Flash, Keaton spoke to The Hollywood Reporter discoverd how he’s feeling about revisiting DC’s Dark Knight, as well as how it felt to play the character so many years ago.
When asked about suiting up after almost three decades, Keaton revealed that he saw the opportunity as something of an exciting challenge.
“Frankly, in the back of my head, I always thought, ‘I bet I could go back and nail that motherfucker.’ And so I thought, ‘Well, now that they’re asking me, let me see if I can pull that off.’”
Keaton added that the state of DC had to be explained to him after reading the script for the film,
“They had to explain that to me several times,”
“By the way, I’m not being arrogant, I hope, about this. I don’t say it like, ‘I’m too groovy.’ I’m stupid. There’s a lot of things I don’t know about. And so, I don’t know, I just kind of figured it out, but this was different.”
Thankfully, The Flash director Andy Muschietti was able to convince Keaton to keep reading.
“What’s really interesting is how much more I got [Batman] when I went back and did him. I get this on a whole other level now. I totally respect it. I respect what people are trying to make.”
The Flash is set to race into theaters on November 4, 2022. In addition to Keaton, the film also stars Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Sasha Calle, Ron Livingston, Temuera Morrison, Kiersey Clemons, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Maribel Verdú, and Rudy Mancuso.
