Batman Forever was hit-and-miss in its tone and execution, but Kilmer did an adequate job. It was the ideal audition for Batman.ĭirector Joel Schumacher, best known at the time for films like The Lost Boys and The Client, aimed to make a lighter Batman film that felt more like a comedy than something so dark and serious. The latter especially showed how he could so effortlessly play a cool character.
He had taken off as a leading man in the 1990s with roles as Jim Morrison in The Doors and Doc Holliday in Tombstone.
Kilmer had long become more than just Iceman from Top Gun. There weren't the same doubts about Kilmer, though he did have to deal with Keaton's shadow, as Keaton had done a phenomenal job in his two outings as the Caped Crusader.
Mom wasn't worthy of such a huge responsibility. When Michael Keaton was cast in the same role in the decade before, he had to deal with a lot of criticism from fans who thought the guy best known for Mr. I don't how they come up with this style of acting but they seem to go 'Go to soap opera school.In 1995, Val Kilmer was at the peak of his career and a perfect choice to be the next Batman. Go count how many times I put my hands on my hips. "I tried to be like an actor on a soap opera. It was just so huge I think it made no difference what I was doing," Kilmer admitted. He said fellow Batman Forever actors Tommy Lee Jones, who played Two-Face, and Jim Carrey, who portrayed The Riddler, managed to deliver huge performances in their villainous roles. Kilmer elaborated further on his performance and likened playing Batman to acting in a soap opera, though he indicated that his co-stars were not as restricted by their costumes. It was a struggle for me to get a performance past the suit, and it was frustrating until I realized that my role in the film was just to show up and stand where I was told to." "You also can't hear anything and after a while people stop talking to you, it's very isolating. "When you're in it, you can barely move and people have to help you stand up and sit down," he added.
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