This year marks 25 years since the release of Batman & Robin, which is regarded by fans as one of the lesser Bat-flicks. Starring George Clooney in his one and only appearance as the caped crusader and Arnold Schwarzenegger cracking countless ice-puns as Mr. Freeze, it doesn’t have a lot of fans. But with that said, Uma Thurman, who played Poison Ivy, looks back on the project with fond memories.
Uma Thurman was cast in Batman & Robin only three years after she burst onto the scene in Pulp Fiction. And despite the myriad criticisms of the picture, from bizarre Bat ice skates to the Bat credit card, it’s difficult to lay blame on Thurman. She was one of the very few positives to come out of it. Unlike her costar George Clooney, who literally apologizes for the movie, Thurman fondly recalled her time on the movie.
“I was just talking about Joel Schumacher, the director who is a friend I love so much,” Thurman told People. “That was a fantastic experience. I had to wear lots of rubber suits…I had some rubber appliances on my face sometimes. That was about as much rubber as I’ve ever worked with, personally.”
This week saw the release of Thurman’s latest project Suspicion, an Apple TV+ series that yet again features plenty of rubber. But this time, it’s super creepy rubber masks. “Whenever someone has a rubber face, there is something really bad going on,” Thurman said. “I did not have a rubber mask. I had my own face.”
Suspicion is currently streaming on AppleTV+.
A fan improves Goerge Clooney’s Batsuit
Of all the Batsuits, George Clooney’s is probably the one you’re least likely to see people cosplaying, what with the dark blue color scheme, the dark symbol, and of course the Bat-nipples. It was pretty much a perfect example of how not to design a Batsuit.
One fan tried their hand at altering it. “The Clooney costume only ever needed a few tweaks,” he wrote, tweeting his own version of the Clooney suit:
The Clooney costume only ever needed a few tweaks #Batman pic.twitter.com/rYaq87VECl
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The super-campy days of Batman movies are now behind us. On March 4, Matt Reeves’ The Batman once again follows the much darker, grittier route.
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