Published 18:10 IST, December 19th 2020

George Clooney opens up about advising Ben Affleck not to play the role of Batman

'Ocean's Eleven' star George Clooney has opened up about the time when he had advised Ben Affleck to not take up the role of 'Batman'; Here's what he said

Reported by: Anurag Sharma
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George Clooney and Ben Affleck are kwn to be on good terms with each or. fact that both of m have stepped into iconic role of Batman is kwn to all. While George Clooney h did t have a great time and success while playing role, Ben Affleck seems to be accepted by many as one of best performers of this character. George Clooney has w opened up about time when he h vised Affleck t to accept role; here is what he said.

George Clooney’s vice to Ben Affleck to t accept role

George Clooney has spoken at length about asking Affleck t to take up role of Batman at Howard Stern Show. When host asked Clooney about his vice to Ben Affleck to turn down role, George replied by saying that he speaks from experience of both becoming a flop and getting success as well. He confessed to asking Ben t to take up role and also confessed to being wrong after he did accept role and getting success from it as well.

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He n went on to defend himself by saying that he can only “impart wisdom” from his own experience. Since his own experience playing that role has t been good, he offered similar vice to Affleck as well. Clooney also went ahe to talk about his strong dislike to watch himself as Batman on TV. He said that whenever he comes across film on TV while flipping channels, he immediately changes channel as he does t like to watch his own Batman and Robin as well.

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George Clooney n went on to confess that he did t play his role well in that movie. He also talked about Avika Goldsman, who is an Oscar-winning writer, mitting himself that screenplay of film was t good. t only that, but he also spoke about how late director of film, Joel Schumacher, also h mitted that film “didn’t work”. Ben Affleck, having igred his vice, took up role anyway and ended up playing Batman several times and was critically acclaimed for it as well. 

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18:10 IST, December 19th 2020