In the 90s, comic book fans did not even suspect that in just ten years, film companies would go mad at producing films based on their motives, and famous Hollywood actors would play the characters in the drawn stories. "Batman Forever" is one of the few films of those times that was dedicated to the adventures of a comic book superhero. Who starred in this picture?
Actors "Batman Forever": Val Kilmer in the role of Batman
The director of the picture was Joel Schumacher, who later shot the famous musical The Phantom of the Opera. He replaced Tim Burton in the director's chair, who shot the previous two parts about the Dark Knight, and then began producing this project. In the third film about Batman, which was released by Worner Bros, very famous actors starred: “Batman Forever,” for example, honored by his participation Val Kilmer.
At the beginning of his film career, Kilmer played with Tom Cruise in the action movies Top Secret and Best Shooter. Before this, Val played for a long time in the theater, so the directors immediately began to invite him to the main roles.
The most famous films in Kilmer’s filmography are the crime film “The Real McCoy” with Kim Basinger, “The Struggle” with Al Pacino, “The Ghost and Darkness” with Michael Douglas and “Alexander” with Angelina Jolie.
In Joel Schumacher's film, the actor replaced Michael Keaton, who played Batman in a previous Dark Knight film. This time the plot of the picture revolves around the confrontation between Bruce Wayne, the Riddler and Two-Faced. Two-faced and the Riddler act simultaneously, so Batman this time will need help.
Chris O'Donnell as Robin
To balance the chances of good and evil to win, the filmmakers add another character to the script - Batman's assistant Robin.
Robin's real name is Dick Grayson. And he works in a circus acrobat. When Two-Face bursts into the circus and threatens to blow everything up, the Graysons manage to upset his plans. While Dick neutralizes the bomb, Two-Faced exterminates his entire family. Bruce Wayne at this time is in the circus, but can not do anything without special uniforms. After this incident, Bruce feels guilty, so he begins to take care of Dick. Soon the young man learns that Wayne is actually Batman. Then he joins his team in the hope that he will be able to avenge Harvey Dent.
Many actors claimed for the role of Robin. “Batman Forever,” however, was an hour of triumph for aspiring artist Chris O'Donnell. True, the actor already had the main roles in the drama “The Smell of a Woman”, where he played with Al Pacino, and in the adventure film “Three Musketeers”, where he appeared in company with Charlie Sheen. But the truly famous Chris made the role of Robin.
Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent
The character Harvey Dent was originally a goodie. Dent worked as a district attorney and selflessly fought crime. But once he was attacked by the villain Salvatore Maroni, who doused half of Harvey's face with acid. Since then, the mind of the district attorney has become confused, and he sided with the dark forces. Dent blames Batman for all his misadventures and tries to revenge him with all his might: either he puts a bomb in the circus and demands Batman to show his face, then he abducts Bruce Wayne's girlfriend. In the finale, Harvey Dent dies, succumbing to Batman's ploy.
Tommy
Lee Jones even received the MTV Awards for his incarnation of the image of the villain. But the role of a villain is unusual for an actor - most often he plays special agents or sheriffs. Tommy Lee Jones can be seen in the films “Servants of the Law”, “Men in Black”, “Under Siege”, “In the Valley of Al”.
Jones’s most successful film work is considered the action movie The Fugitive with Harrison Ford, for which Tommy won an Oscar.
Jim Carrey as The Riddler
This man is known for being a diverse actor. It would not be difficult for Kerry to play both a serious and a comical role.
For the first time, they started talking about the actor when the comedy “Ace Ventura: Tracing Pets” was released. Then Jim Carrey starred in the comedy The Mask with Cameron Diaz. This film became a hit not only in America, but also in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Then there were the films “Dumb and Dumber”, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, “Majestic” and “Bruce Almighty”.
In the film "Batman Forever," Kerry plays the brilliant scientist Edward Nigmu, who works for Bruce Wayne. However, Bruce is against the development of Edward: Nigma is developing a device that can transmit information directly to the human brain, bypassing all the visual and auditory organs. After being fired from Wayne’s company, Edward becomes a Riddler and begins to pester not only Bruce, but the whole city with his frenzy.
Other role performers
Michael Gough in the film played the role of the butler Alfred, who serves with Batman and is initiated into his secrets. This is the only actor who constantly performed his role in Tim Burton's tetralogy.
Also in the frame you can see Pat Hingle, who for four films invariably played Commissioner James Gordon, Drew Barrymore and Nicole Kidman.