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Topics: Film and TV, Celebrity, Batman
Callum Jones
Film fans have been losing it over Michael Keaton’s response to Batgirl being shelved.
In 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery canceled plans to ever release Batgirl despite the movie being in post-production.
The company reportedly cited disappointing screen tests as the reason why the film had been canned, even though it had spent a whopping $90 million on it.
Batgirl was co-directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, while the likes of Leslie Grace and Brendan Fraser featured as part of an impressive cast.
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Keaton was also set to reprise his iconic Batman character opposite Grace in the titular role.
You'd think after spending so long on a project, an actor would be disappointed by the cancellation.
Not Keaton, it seems.
"No, I didn’t care one way or another. Big, fun, nice check," the 72-year-old actor told GQ magazine.
The outlet notes Keaton was rubbing his fingers together in a money gesture while making the comments.
Speaking of the movie's directors, he added: "I like those boys. They’re nice guys. I pull for them. I want them to succeed, and I think they felt very badly, and that made me feel bad. Me? I’m good."
Many have flocked to social media following Keaton's rather honest comments.
"Honest take from Michael Keaton. Refreshing. But it would have sucked for everyone else involved for sure," one person wrote on Twitter.
"Lmao 🐐 [GOAT]," a second simply said, while a third added: "Love the honesty."
Grace, on the other hand, was evidentially upset by the cancellation of Batgirl.
The actor claimed she had no idea the movie was going to be binned until she saw the report from the New York Post.
"I found out like the rest of you," she told Variety. "And then my phone just started blowing up."
Grace responded to claims made by DC Studios' Peter Safran, who said that the film was 'not releasable' and it would hurt the company if they were to release it.
Grace said: "I had my own meetings with Warner Bros. Film Group CEOs Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca, and they explained to me, on a granular level, what they felt about the project, things that were out of their hands, plans and budgets that were set in place before they were even part of the team.
"They weren’t really specific on anything creative in terms of what they felt about the film and how it would’ve hurt DC creatively."
UNILAD previously reached out to Warner Bros. for comment.