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15 celebrities you probably forgot appeared in 'Batman' movies
Kirsten Acuna
- Many big stars had small roles in the "Batman" films over the years.
- As "The Batman" opens in theaters, Insider rounded up cameos you may have missed.
Paul Reubens played the Penguin's father in "Batman Returns."
Reubens is best known for playing Pee-Wee Herman.
Some people at Warner Bros. didn't think Nicole Kidman was "sexy enough" to play Batman's love interest in "Batman Forever."
On the commentary for "Batman Forever," director Joel Schumacher said he was thrilled Kidman said yes to joining the film, but the studio wasn't completely convinced she should be cast as Batman's love interest.
"There were some people at Warner Bros. who didn't want me to cast Nicole because they thought she wasn't sexy enough. They've since changed their mind," Schumacher said.
Later in the commentary, Schumacher said he believed it was the scene where Kidman confronts Batman on a rooftop in black lingerie that the studio knew she "was sexy enough for the movie."
"Sometimes you have to fight very hard to get certain actors in a film," Schumacher said. "It's very nice when sometimes the people who write the checks to write the movies see that you haven't been insane, that your casting choice was appropriate for the film."
Drew Barrymore played one of Two-Face's girlfriends, Sugar.
On the director's commentary, Schumacher said he originally wanted to call Two-Face's girlfriends Leather and Lace.
"Warner Bros. felt for a PG-13 film that Leather was a little, let's say, 'adult,' so they were changed," Schumacher said.
Before he worked for Tony Stark, Jon Favreau was Bruce Wayne's assistant.
You can briefly spot Favreau in "Batman Forever" as Bruce Wayne (Val Kilmer) pays a visit to Edward Nygma.
Favreau went on to direct the "Iron Man" franchise and star as Happy Hogan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Billy Dee Williams played Harvey Dent in 1989's "Batman."
The "Star Wars" actor was ready to become Two-Face in the sequel, but he didn't appear in "Batman Returns." Instead, the film focused on Catwoman and the Penguin.
Williams finally voiced the character in "The Lego Batman Movie" and was depicted as the iconic villain in a 2021 comic, "Batman '89."
"Game of Thrones" star Jack Gleeson appeared in "Batman Begins."
Before he was Joffrey on "Game of Thrones," Gleeson was an admirer of the dark knight in "Batman Begins." He spotted Batman while on his fire escape.
Soap opera star Rebecca Budig played the teen girl Dick Grayson saved in "Batman Forever."
Budig later played Greenlee Smythe on "All My Children" and Hayden Barnes on "General Hospital."
Vivica A. Fox played Mr. Freeze's henchwoman, Ms. B. Haven, in "Batman & Robin."
Vivica A. Fox's character name, when read aloud, was a play on the word misbehaving.
"GoT" star Aidan Gillen was a CIA agent in "The Dark Knight Rises."
Gillen's character has an unfortunate run-in with Bane (Tom Hardy) at the start of "The Dark Knight Rises." The actor famously played Littlefinger on "Game of Thrones."
John Glover played Doctor Jason Woodrue in "Batman & Robin" who accidentally created Poison Ivy.
It wasn't his first time playing a character in the DC universe.
Glover voiced the animated Riddler in "Batman: The Animated Series." Most recently, he appeared as an antagonist on "Fear the Walking Dead."
Anthony Michael Hall was a TV reporter in "The Dark Knight."
"The Breakfast Club" actor was captured by the Joker in the film.
Before his time in the MCU, Ben Mendelsohn played Doggett in "The Dark Knight Rises."
In "The Dark Knight Rises," Doggett tried to take over Wayne Enterprises with some help from Bane (Tom Hardy).
Mendelsohn later played the main villain in "Rogue One." More recently, he appeared as an alien skrull Talos in "Captain Marvel" and "Spider-Man: Far From Home."
"Ted Lasso" star Juno Temple played Catwoman's friend, Jen, in "The Dark Knight Rises."
Temple now plays Keeley Jones on Apple TV+'s "Ted Lasso."
Joey King played young Talia al Ghul in "The Dark Knight Rises."
King was nominated for a Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe for her leading role on Hulu's "The Act." She'll next appear in this year's fantasy action thriller "The Princess."
Bob Kane's wife, Elizabeth Sanders, appeared in two Batman movies as a journalist.
Sanders, the wife of Batman co-creator Bob Kane, played Gossip Gerty in "Batman Forever" and "Batman & Robin."
She also briefly appears as a Gotham City citizen in "Batman Returns."
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