Ray Liotta Talked About Tim Burton Wanting Him For BATMAN - "Are You F-ing Nuts!?"

The late Ray Liotta revealed in an unpublished interview that there was a time in his career when Tim Burton wanted to cast him in Batman. Liotta passed on the role though because at the time he thought it was “F**king nuts” and “stupid.”

During an interview published by Deadline, the actor talked about his incredible career as an actor, and there came a point where he brought up that Burton wanted to meet with him for Batman. Liotta passed on the opportunity, though, and it’s one of the choices that he regretted.

Oh, and yes… Burton was looking for him to possibly play Bruce Wayne / Batman in the film. When talking about that he said:

“Something Wild came out, so I was getting attention from that. My agent called me up and said, ‘Tim Burton would like to meet you. He’s doing a movie, Batman.’ There were never any superhero movies then. That was pretty much the first one. I said, ‘Are you f*cking nuts? Batman?!’ I’m going, ‘No, that’s stupid.’ Who was stupid? I was stupid because I didn’t know.”

Liotta was one of many actors that Burton looked at for the role of Batman. Some of the others included Mel Gibson, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Selleck, and Kevin Costner. In the end, Burton cast Michael Keaton after directing the actor in 1988’s Beetlejuice.

There was a huge backlash from fans regarding that casting, but Keaton ended up winning over the fans and he’s considered one of the best versions of Batman that has been brought to life.

It would’ve been very interesting and different with Liotta in the role of Batman! It’s hard to imagine, but a casting choice that piques my curiosity. Liotta went on to have an amazing career filled with great performances.