Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics and fans as well asunder-performing numbersat the box office, there’s no denying that Warner Bros. Discovery and DC’sThe Flashdelivered on cameos. WithMichael KeatonandMichael Shannonreprising their roles as Batman and General Zod, respectively, andNicolas Cagemaking his long overdue Superman debut (even if he was surprised by the final outcome), the movie was filled with familiar faces from DC films of yesteryear. At the very end of the film, just when it seems thatEzra Miller’s Barry Allen aka The Flash has made it back to his universe, he’s slapped in the face with a huge surprise when the Bruce Wayne he’s expecting to step out of a car isn’t the one that emerges. Instead ofBen Affleck’s caped crusader, audiences and Barry were shocked to seeGeorge Clooney pop out of the vehicle.
This left audiences with a handful of reactions, with the main one being - will Clooney return to the fold as the character he portrayed in the cult-classicJoel Schumacher-helmed 1997 film,Batman & Robin? In the past, the actor has only had negative things to say about the project, and he’s keeping it that way. During an interview withEntertainment Tonight, while on the red carpet for his latest directorial venture,The Boys in the Boat, Clooney put a very serious, albeit hilarious, nail in the coffin of the possibility, commenting, “I don’t think there are enough drugs in the world for me to go back again.”
George Clooney Was Upset That His Costume Wasn’t True To Character
A man who knows what his fans want, Clooney added that there “was such a clamor” from his following for him todon the suit and get back to workthat he had no choice but to join the production. But, there was one thing missing.
I actually said, ‘Where are my rubber nipples?’ And they were like, ‘Can we do it without the rubber nipples?’ I was like, ‘Well it’s not really my Batman, is it?’
Ah, yes.The iconic nipple suit.Batman & RobinhadSchumacher’s colorful flair all over it, with the director perhaps going even more overboard after the studio hired him to pick up the torch fromTim Burton, whoseBatmanseries was a touch too dark for their taste. If audiences needed help sorting out the superheroes from thesupervillains, all they needed to do was look at the costumes, as Clooney’s Batman,Chris O’Donnell’s Robin, and evenAlicia Silverstone’s Batgirl each had protruding nipples fashioned in. Quite the look, the suits have gone down in history (just like the film) as one of the most questionable costuming decisions of all time.
WithJames GunnandPeter Safranshaking the future of the DCEU up, there’s a solid chance that audiences will never know what happens to Miller’s Barry Allen after he landed in the universe of nipple suits, although we’d love to know if he got his own. Check out a trailer forSchumacher’s much-talked-aboutBatmanfilm below andstream the title now on Maxin the U.S.
