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The 5 Worst Casting Choices In Superhero History

1. George Clooney

Actor and activist George Clooney listen

Was it the film, story, director, or actors that made Batman & Robin so bad? I imagine it was all of the above, but Clooney had absolutely no business being the Batman. The problem was every time he suited up as the bat it was a tongue in cheek moment. The film almost jibed at the fact that Batman is even a thing. The audience did not buy Clooney as a hero for a second – a shame though, as the very idea of Clooney as Batman interested a lot of people at the time and I really thought he’d be great. He made a much better Bruce Wayne than Batman as he fitted right into the suave billionaire mold, and if the film didn’t require him to save Gotham in a PVC suit then he might have pulled it off. Despite this blip, Clooney remains untouchable in most other things, and rightly so, the man is a legend.

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