George Clooney wants a ‘painful’ turn as Batman changed his approach to acting

George Clooney has looked back on his career in a recent BAFTA interview, and claimed that his inquisitive turn as Batman would shape his future acting.

George, 59, played the limited-edition stripper in 1997 Batman & Robin – captured by critics as one of the worst claims in the Batman saga. In fact it was voted ‘worst movie ever’ in 2010 by readers of Empire magazine.

George has said that he was ‘sore’ – but thinks he has changed the way he comes to the trade.

George Clooney has looked back on his career in a recent BAFTA interview, and claimed that his inquisitive turn as Batman would shape his future acting.

Speaking about the acclaimed film Out Of Sight, which he starred in after Batman & Robin, George said: ‘It had been a year, I was killed for making Batman & Robin and I understood for the first time, because completely honestly when I got Batman & Robin I was just an actor getting a acting job and I was excited to play Batman.

‘What I realized later was that I was going to be in charge of the film itself, not just my performance or what I was doing.

‘So I knew I had to focus on better scripts, the most important thing was the script.

‘You can’t make a good film out of a bad script, it’s impossible. You can make a bad movie out of a good script. ‘

Flop: George, 59, played the limited stripper in 1997 & Batman & Robin – captured by critics as one of the worst claims in the Batman saga. In fact it was voted ‘worst movie ever’ in 2010 by readers of Empire magazine

Batman & Robin was written by Akiva Goldsman, directed by Joel Schumacher and co-starred the likes of Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl, Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze.

George has hit the film frequently – even advising Ben Affleck, who played the hero in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and then two other films, to steer clear of the role.

His new project is The Midnight Sky, which he has also directed.

In the recording, he plays the scientist Augustine Lofthouse who is among the survivors of Earth after an unknown catastrophe destroying most of the planet’s population.

Latest film: Talking about his role in The Midnight Sky, and his status as one of the hearts of Hollywood, he said – ‘Midnight Sky … I have this long beard and I look great old! ‘

Story: In the film, George plays a scientist who goes through the Arctic with a girl [Caoilinn Springall] to contact a team of astronauts returning after a global catastrophe

Speaking about the role, and his status as one of Hollywood ‘s main hearts, he said:’ Midnight Sky … I have this long beard and I look very old! ‘

He also emphasized the future of cinema – an industry that is thriving thanks to COVID-19.

‘I know this panic is about cinemas because our governments don’t look after them, which is a big business issue,’ he said. ‘We’re subsidizing oil companies, we could subsidize the theaters for a while.

Approach change: Speaking of Batman & Robin, George said – ‘I was killed for making Batman & Robin and I understood for the first time, because honestly when I got Batman & Robin I was just an actor getting a acting job and I was excited to play Batman ‘ [pictured with Alicia Silverstone and Chris O’Donnell]

Man of the Hour: George is the latest star to be interviewed for BAFTA’s A Life In Pictures

‘I’m not worried we’ll be back, there’s always a cinema, we’re all going to be back together, do you still have to go out for a while? You still have to go to a concert, see a movie. You want a collection. ‘

George recorded the BAFTA: A Life In Pictures interview almost in London and joins the likes of Viola Davis, Nicole Kidman, Ridley Scott, Hugh Grant, Quentin Tarantino and Keira Knightley, who have previously appeared.

The screen stars sit down with an interviewer from the Academy and talk about their careers widely, with George’s set to air on BAFTA YouTube Channels at noon on Monday, January 18th.

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