WILLIAMS WANTS TO RIDE WITH BATMAN
ROBIN WILLIAMS is urging movie bosses to cast him in the next BATMAN movi e - because he has twice been turned down for parts in the superhero fran chise.
Rumours over casting for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming third superhero f ilm have been rife ever since The Dark Knight, starring Heath Ledger as T he Joker, hit cinemas in 2008 - with fans speculating over which characte rs will be re-introduced.
Nolan is said to be considering bringing feline femme fatale Catwoman b ack for the new movie, along with The Riddler.
Williams is adamant he would make a good replacement for Jim Carrey, wh o played the fiendish puzzler in 1995’s Batman Forever, because the part was originally offered to him. The funnyman also reveals he was lined up to play The Joker in the original 1989 Batman movie before the role was l ater handed to Jack Nicholson - and the snubs have made him determined to secure a part in the next installment of the hit franchise.
He tells Empire magazine, "I would do Batman in a second. I’d play The Riddler in the next one, although it would be hard to top Heath Ledger as the villain and I’m a little hairy for tights.
"The Batman films have screwed me twice before: years ago they offered me The Joker and then gave it to Jack Nicholson, then they offered me The Riddler and gave it to Jim Carrey. I’d be like, ‘OK, is this a real offe r? If it is, then the answer’s yes. Don’t pump me again motherf**kers’."
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