Kevin Roegele
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Just found this online, a pre-Begins interview with Keaton...
"His thoughts on the next Batman movie.
KEATON: My prediction, I don't know anything about it, but I feel this way about it. It's gonna be good, because he's a really good actor, and that's a really good director. And they've had years and years and years, and hundreds of millions of dollars, or at least tens of millions of dollars to figure it out. I say it's gonna be good. I picture it's gonna be good. And also, I swear to God it's not an "I told you so", it's maybe an interesting thing, that when I didn't like the third script... I just said "I really don't like this, and I don't want to do it" cause what I wanted to do, is what I'm told and I don't know if this is true yet so don't hold me to this until I see it, but I'm told it's more a prequel. And that was what I thought would've been a hip way to go the third time. This guy is so endlessly fascinating potentially, why not go and see how he got there.
His best Batman story.
KEATON: This is a two-fold story, it's a Jack Nicholson story and a Batman story. He the greatest, and he's my friend. He's unbelievably professional. Part of his deal I think either on that movie or maybe on all movies, and don't hold me to this, but I think he just doesn't work until a certain time. It's not like 3 in the afternoon, but it's not like 6 (am). I think part of his deal was like 9 or something like that, you know reasonable, but don't expect him to show up before 9. But he's unbelievable when he gets to work, and he's the best, and smart... hard worker, on his lines, everything, just a consummate pro. But he'd come in and we'd be in the make-up room. And he's such a sports fan, such a knowledgeable sports fan, and that was back when there wasn't as much good TV in London.
PAUL BROOKS: (sarcastically touchy) You ready?
KEATON: Touchy those Brits! There wasn't, but there was just like endless stuff, like so much billiards!
PAUL BROOKS: (laughs hysterically)
Michael Keaton as Batman KEATON: And we're like basketball fans, and football fans, and baseball fans, and we're starved. We'd get the tapes to watch Laker games, and nobody could tell us what happened. So we'd watch the tapes of the Laker games, but we were a day or two behind. So we'd do that, but there's nothing else, and we'd talk about what we did the night before or what we watched. Something like that. And this is true... I love this story. He comes in, and this is the way he comes to work every morning. I'd be sitting there in the make-up chair. (gets up, walks in like Jack, acts out sitting down in the make-up chair) "Mornin' Keats." He'd sit down, "Ahhhh" and he'd just sit there and they'd just put make-up on him. Sometimes he'd fall asleep while they did it. On these mornings we talked, I would be like "Hey Jack, what did you do last night? Where did ya eat? Sorry I couldn't make dinner" stuff like that. "Did you see that soccer game?" cause we'd watch anything. Then you get to know like the billiards player, and you're like "Oh this guy is awesome!" So this is how is goes:
(as Jack) "Mornin' Keats."
"Hey Jack, how ya doin?"
(as Jack) "Ahhh. Damn good darts tournament last night."
I almost fell out of my chair, and I thought he was kidding! Then he starts snoring. I fell in love with him.
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"His thoughts on the next Batman movie.
KEATON: My prediction, I don't know anything about it, but I feel this way about it. It's gonna be good, because he's a really good actor, and that's a really good director. And they've had years and years and years, and hundreds of millions of dollars, or at least tens of millions of dollars to figure it out. I say it's gonna be good. I picture it's gonna be good. And also, I swear to God it's not an "I told you so", it's maybe an interesting thing, that when I didn't like the third script... I just said "I really don't like this, and I don't want to do it" cause what I wanted to do, is what I'm told and I don't know if this is true yet so don't hold me to this until I see it, but I'm told it's more a prequel. And that was what I thought would've been a hip way to go the third time. This guy is so endlessly fascinating potentially, why not go and see how he got there.
His best Batman story.
KEATON: This is a two-fold story, it's a Jack Nicholson story and a Batman story. He the greatest, and he's my friend. He's unbelievably professional. Part of his deal I think either on that movie or maybe on all movies, and don't hold me to this, but I think he just doesn't work until a certain time. It's not like 3 in the afternoon, but it's not like 6 (am). I think part of his deal was like 9 or something like that, you know reasonable, but don't expect him to show up before 9. But he's unbelievable when he gets to work, and he's the best, and smart... hard worker, on his lines, everything, just a consummate pro. But he'd come in and we'd be in the make-up room. And he's such a sports fan, such a knowledgeable sports fan, and that was back when there wasn't as much good TV in London.
PAUL BROOKS: (sarcastically touchy) You ready?
KEATON: Touchy those Brits! There wasn't, but there was just like endless stuff, like so much billiards!
PAUL BROOKS: (laughs hysterically)
Michael Keaton as Batman KEATON: And we're like basketball fans, and football fans, and baseball fans, and we're starved. We'd get the tapes to watch Laker games, and nobody could tell us what happened. So we'd watch the tapes of the Laker games, but we were a day or two behind. So we'd do that, but there's nothing else, and we'd talk about what we did the night before or what we watched. Something like that. And this is true... I love this story. He comes in, and this is the way he comes to work every morning. I'd be sitting there in the make-up chair. (gets up, walks in like Jack, acts out sitting down in the make-up chair) "Mornin' Keats." He'd sit down, "Ahhhh" and he'd just sit there and they'd just put make-up on him. Sometimes he'd fall asleep while they did it. On these mornings we talked, I would be like "Hey Jack, what did you do last night? Where did ya eat? Sorry I couldn't make dinner" stuff like that. "Did you see that soccer game?" cause we'd watch anything. Then you get to know like the billiards player, and you're like "Oh this guy is awesome!" So this is how is goes:
(as Jack) "Mornin' Keats."
"Hey Jack, how ya doin?"
(as Jack) "Ahhh. Damn good darts tournament last night."
I almost fell out of my chair, and I thought he was kidding! Then he starts snoring. I fell in love with him.
www.bigfanboy.net
