

"You know George always says Batman & Robin was his fault. "I do know Marlon Brando threw Val's cell phone in the bushes and said, 'Young man, don't confuse your ego with the size of your salary, ever.'"ĭespite all that, Schumacher himself did not find Kilmer difficult to work with and said he was a "fabulous" Batman.Īs for the director's other Bruce Wayne, Clooney in the disastrous Batman & Robin, Schumacher offered the A-list actor some solace over his one-time foray into Gotham. Kilmer also got on the wrong side of Hollywood legend Marlon Brando, said Schumacher. Moreau's first director, Richard Stanley, who was reportedly fired to appease the film's star, "told me he had a nervous breakdown" working on the film. Kilmer" and claimed that he stubbed a cigarette out on a cameraman. In the same interview, Schumacher also called Kilmer "psychotic," pointing to an article that alleged Kilmer insisted the crew on another film, 1996's The Island of Dr. I thought the relationship between Val and Nicole Kidman was very sexy," he said at the time.) Joel Schumacher: Val Kilmer was best Batman, but "psychotic" ("I thought he looked great in the costume, and I thought he brought a depth to the role. In an interview with Vulture published Wednesday (August 28), Schumacher referred to Kilmer, 59, as a "fabulous Batman," doubling down on his earlier remarks in 2011 that Kilmer was the best Batman.


American actor Val Kilmer on the set of Batman Forever, directed by Joel Schumacher.
