George Clooney Admits He Was ‘Terrible’ in ‘Batman and Robin’

George Clooney Hated Batman & Robin’s Freeze Puns

https://screenrant.com/batman-robin-george-clooney-criticism-freeze-puns/

George Clooney is once again apologizing for the disaster of Batman & Robin, ripping his own performance while slamming the movie's terrible puns.

It would be good karma if he wrote $10 refund checks to everyone who paid to watch it in theaters.

I think that George is being a tad bit too hard on himself. He was admittedly, placed in "no win" situation because he was in effect, a replacement of a replacement (Val Kilmer, who himself, replaced Michael Keaton). He was also simultaneously, still making ER, so I would imagine that there was little time to prepare. Plus, you had Warner Bros. breathing down Joel Schumacher's next to make the movie as "toyetic" as possible as well as moving the production cycle a year ahead of schedule.

George Clooney kind of became a fall guy along with Joel Schumacher because he was the proverbial "face of the product" that most people rejected instantaneously. It was much easier to hold him accountable than maybe if Val Kilmer played Batman again, because Kilmer based on Batman Forever at least, had a proven track record of past success.

No secret there.