George Clooney says watching 'Batman & Robin' physically hurts

Hollywood star George Clooney says "Batman & Robin" was so bad that watching film still "physically hurts" him. Clooney, who played DC superhero Batman alongside Chris O'Donnell's Robin and Arld Schwarzenegger's antagonist Mr Freeze in 1997 movie, opened up about his production regrets during a virtual appearance on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show this week.

"It's so bad that it hurts to watch it... physically," actor said when asked if he ever revisits Joel Schumacher-directed Warner Bros movie.

"I couldn't have done that one differently. It's a big machine, that thing. You have to remember at that point, I was just an actor getting an acting job. I wasn't guy who could greenlight a movie," he added.

Clooney also revealed that he and Schwarzenegger did t shoot toger for film. "We never even saw each or. It's a big, monster machine, and I just sort of jumped in and did what y said." actor said film's debacle was team's collective failure and one person is to be blamed for it.

" truth of matter is, I was bad in it. Akiva Goldsman who's won Oscar for writing since n he wrote screenplay. And it's a terrible screenplay, he'll tell you. I'm terrible in it, I'll tell you. Joel Schumacher, who just passed away, directed it, and he'd say, 'Yeah, it didn't work.' We all whiffed on that one," he said.

Clooney took over role of Batman following Val Kilmer's one film stint in "Batman Forever". Prior to Kilmer, Michael Keaton had a successful run as Caped Crusader in two films directed by Tim Burton.

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