Alicia Silverstone Opens Up About Her Uncomfortable and Strange Experience Working on BATMAN AND ROBIN
The 1997 film Batman & Robin isn’t exactly high on anyone’s list of favorite Batman movies. It was kind of ridiculous and forgettable at best. It had a pretty good cast, but not even they have great things to say about it. In a recent interview with CinemaBlend’s ReelBlend Podcast, Batgirl herself, Alicia Silverstone, described her experience as uncomfortable, and not fun. Aside from many unnecessary discussions about the 18-year-old actress’s weight, she also explained:
I can’t say that it was that much fun. I love George Clooney, and I had such a good experience with him. He was so sweet to me, and kind. Really protected me and took care. Lovely. And I loved – I LOVED – Michael Gough, the man who played Alfred. He was a dream, and he and I had such a good relationship. I care about him so much. But, aside from that, it wasn’t like the deepest acting experience of my career. It’s more technical. It’s really more… a lot of it is really, ‘Look over there and throw something.’ Where am I looking? What am I looking at? What am I throwing? [laughs] And that’s not really that inspiring. You know that I mean? … You have to put the suit on. The suit is so uncomfortable. And I was young! I don’t know. I wonder how I would feel now? But at 18, putting that suit on and not knowing what the heck I was doing, I can’t say it was that fun. And it came at a time in my life when people were being very unkind. So I think it was just not the best experience, but it wasn’t terrible. Luckily, I was fine. But it’s not up there with my David Mamet or Kenneth Branagh!
That’s too bad. It sounds like she had a great relationship with her co-stars, which is awesome, but kind of a humdrum experience on the set of what seems like it would have been a pretty exciting shoot. I guess they can’t all be a great time, and at 18, at least she got the opportunity and learned a few things. I think her experience translated across the whole film and what we got in the final product though, and that’s too bad.