George Clooney Apologizes To Fans For His 'Batman' Movie
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George Clooney knows you're disappointed with his 1997 film "Batman & Robin."
<p class="p1"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">He is, too, and he knows he'll never live it down. </span>
<p class="p1">The 53-year-old actor shocked fans Thursday when he showed up at New York Comic Con for a panel on his new movie, "Tomorrowland," but conversation quickly turned to his previous role as the Caped Crusader.
<p class="p1"><span>"Batman & Robin" has been famously panned by critics and fans alike. </span>
<p class="p1"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">It all started after panel host Chris Hardwick </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">complimented Clooney on his "excellent Bruce Wayne cosplay." </span>
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<p class="p1"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Here's how it went down.</span>
<p class="p1">"I think since my Batman I was disinvited to Comic Con," joked Clooney.
<p class="p1">Hardwick: "No one would say that ... out loud."
<p class="p1">Clooney: "Oh, but you're saying it. I see the comments' sections on all you guys ... I met Adam West back there [backstage] just now and in my head I was like, 'Hey, I'm really sorry.' He goes, 'Give me a fist bump' and I was like, 'Just hit me. Just hit me.'"
<p class="p1">"Sorry about the nipples on the suit," Clooney added.
<p class="p1">It didn't stop there, though. He continued.
<p class="p1">"Freeze, Freeze! I apologize for that one." said Clooney referencing the film's many puns.
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<p class="p1">Clooney has spoken candidly about regrets over "Batman & Robin" in the past.
<p class="p1">"With hindsight it's easy to look back at this and go, 'Woah, that was really s--- and I was really bad in it,'" Clooney told Total Film Magazine in 2011. "It was a difficult film to be good in."
<p class="p1">The actor also told Deadline he keeps a photo of himself as Batman as a "reminder of what can happen when you make movies solely for commercial reasons."
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