George Clooney says his turn as Bruce Wayne should have been called 'Badman and Robin'

                                

Most fans and critics have a low opinion of "Batman and Robin," the Joel Schumacher-directed 1997 film that gave us a bat-suit with nipples.

Now you can add George Clooney, who portrayed the Caped Crusader in the film, to the list. Speaking to Total Film, the actor was frank in his opinion of the movie that also gave us Arnold Schwarzenegger as a painfully punning Mr. Freeze:

“With hindsight it’s easy to look back at this and go ‘Woah, that was really **** and I was really bad in it.’

It wasn't supposed to turn out that way, of course. Clooney was thrilled when the part came his way:

“The truth is, my phone rang, and the head of Warner Bros said ‘Come into my office, you are going to play Batman in a Batman film’ and I said ‘Yeah!’ I called my friends and they screamed and I screamed and we couldn’t believe it!

"I just thought the last one had been successful so I thought I was just going to be in a big, successful franchise movie.

“In a weird way I was. Batman is still the biggest break I ever had and it completely changed my career, even if it was weak and I was weak in it. It was a difficult film to be good in. I don’t know what I could have done differently.

“But if I am going to be Batman in the film Batman & Robin, I can’t say it didn’t work and then not take some of the blame for that.”