For DC film dorks and ’90s children, one of many largest highlights of final weekend’s Oscars was the presentation of the Finest Visible Results award, which grew to become an prolonged gag about Batman that includes the presenters, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, and their shared onscreen nemesis: Batman — as performed within the Tim Burton Batman motion pictures by Michael Keaton.
After joking about their frequent onscreen historical past as Batman villains (DeVito as Penguin, Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze) they began taunting Keaton, seated within the viewers, whereas he performed alongside, sneering at them and even giving them a “come get a chunk” gesture.
You possibly can watch the total change between Schwarzenegger, DeVito, and Keaton beneath:
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Throughout an look on Jimmy Kimmel Stay! this week, Keaton broke down how the very humorous got here collectively — and, sure, that was an ascot he was carrying as Bruce Wayne, and sure it was very a lot a deliberate costume selection by Keaton to get “into character” because the Caped Crusader. (For those who noticed Keaton at different factors throughout the Oscars, he wasn’t carrying the ascot.)
“I believed, if I’m going to do that, I’m going to Bruce Wayne it up a bit of bit,” Keaton quipped.
As for who of these two villains he’d truly be fearful about in a struggle, Keaton picked DeVito.
“He’d creep up behind you, and he has the peak benefit as a result of he’s so [small]. You don’t know the place he’s. He’s all the time sneaking round,” Keaton joked. “The opposite man I’d simply put away. He’s too sluggish.”
Watch Keaton’s full look on Jimmy Kimmel Stay! beneath.
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