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That's a terrific interview, KeatonisBatman! Thanks for sharing.

I had no idea that was Witting in Catch Me If You Can and all those Scorsese films. Between his screen acting, theatre and directing work, he's had a solid career. It's a pity his other scene with Jan Hooks at the masquerade ball was never filmed.

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I did ask Steve whether he recalls what would've happened in the Maxquerade Ball scene, and he said he couldn't remember what the dialogue was other than that he would've been wearing a bandage over his nose in the scene.

I thought you all might enjoy Steve's insight into filming Batman Returns. You can read the full interview here:

https://brandonkeaton.substack.com/p/shootin-the-breeze-with-steve-witting

Hope you all enjoy it, I had a blast talking to him!

The sequence with Keaton talking about his parents made it all worthwhile to me, and bits and pieces inside the Russian base.

Same! When he talked about his parents I went, oh that's the good stuff!

But while it was great seeing Keaton come back and fly the Batwing, I am a tiny bit disappointed that he never drove around in the Batmobile.

Same. ALthough, I didn't realize it until the movie was over, then I went, hey waitaminute--! 

I saw someone commented on YouTube or Instagram saying they were glad they "banished Ezra to the Clooneyverse" at the end     

^haha, yes all good points. I'm probably overthinking it. If we stick with a roundabout age of 60, then I reckon you subtract 20 years (since Man of Steel and Batman Returns) and that'd be about right.

Yeah now that I think about it... if Bruce Wayne was 40 in Batman Returns, let's assume he retired at 45 (that would line up with the Dark Knight Returns version of Batman). So that means he would've hung up the cape in 1997... 25-26 years ago. A long time.

But, even if he retired at 55, that's still 15 years ago. Is there any indication as to Batman's age in The Flash? I don't think he said how old he was, I was just assuming he was meant to be 65-ish or Keaton's actual age of 70.

We do know for certain it was a couple of years based on the length of his hair    haha actually I suppose there's no way to tell for sure, but based on the amount of dust and cobwebs in the Batcave I imagined it was a decade or more.

[The problem is that it doesn't work for this movie, which even in its final edit feels like it is trying to sell you on having Keaton and Calle stick around. Well, mission accomplished. I want them. The movie scores the sale, intends to make the sale all along, and then bails on it.]

I understand why the Clooney ending was used as they want an upbeat ending, but don't want to give false hope for the future of this universe. Not an ideal answer, but an answer. The problem is that it doesn't work for this movie, which even in its final edit feels like it is trying to sell you on having Keaton and Calle stick around. Well, mission accomplished. I want them. The movie scores the sale, intends to make the sale all along, and then bails on it.

This right here. Couldn't have said it better myself.