While his time as Batman was short, if Ben Affleck would have listened to former Batman George Clooney, it would have been much shorter.
While discussing his new TV series Catch-22 on Hulu, Clooney, 58, told The Hollywood Reporter during their Awards Chatter podcast that he told Affleck, 46, he shouldn't play Batman.
Clooney played Batman in the 1997 much-maligned film Batman & Robin, considered by many as one of the worst Batman films, which essentially killed the franchise until Christopher Nolan rebooted it with 2005's Batman Begins.
Ben as Batman: While discussing his new TV series Catch-22 on Hulu, Clooney, 58, told The Hollywood Reporter during their Awards Chatter podcast that he told Affleck, 46, he shouldn't play Batman
George as Batman: Clooney played Batman in the 1997 much-maligned film Batman & Robin, considered by many as one of the worst Batman films, which essentially killed the franchise until Christopher Nolan rebooted it with 2005's Batman Begins
After Nolan's trilogy, 2005's Batman Begins, 2008's The Dark Knight and 2012's The Dark Knight Rises, was complete, Warner Bros. cast Affleck as Batman to make his debut in 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
The casting choice was a divisive one, with many fans up in arms about the choice, and when it came time for Affleck to decide if he wanted the role, he spoke with Clooney, who advised him to turn it down.
'I actually did talk to him about it. I said, "Don’t do it,"' Clooney said. 'It was only from my experience, which is, you know...'
Divisive: The casting choice was a divisive one, with many fans up in arms about the choice, and when it came time for Affleck to decide if he
