Michael Keaton says there's a "strong possibility" the Marvel and DC cinematic universes wouldn't exist without Tim Burton. Keaton's casting in Burton's 1989 movie 'Batman' was initially criticized and even protested by 50,000 comic book fans. In a recent interview with GQ, the 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' actor said this of Burton's decision to cast him as the superhero despite the uproar: "Tim deserves enormous credit. He changed everything. I can't necessarily say this, but there's a strong possibility there is no Marvel Universe, there is no DC Universe, without Tim Burton. He was doubted and questioned."
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00:00Michael Keaton says there's a strong possibility the Marvel and DC cinematic
00:03universes wouldn't exist without Tim Burton.
00:08Keaton's casting in Burton's 1989 movie Batman was initially criticized and even
00:13protested by 50,000 comic book fans. In a recent interview with GQ, the Beetlejuice
00:18Beetlejuice actor said this of Burton's decision to cast him as the superhero despite the uproar.
00:22"'Tim deserves enormous credit. He changed everything. I can't necessarily say this,
00:27but there's a strong possibility there is no Marvel universe,
00:30there is no DC universe, without Tim Burton. He was doubted and questioned."
00:34The actor continued,
00:36"'He hasn't gotten himself enough credit for going,
00:38yeah, that guy. And everybody went, wait, Michael, you worked with him on Beetlejuice, right?
00:42But I think what happened was Tim saw clean and sober. I get the credit. I don't know that he
00:47got enough credit for making that move. That was a bold move.'"
00:50Looking back at his work on Batman overall, the actor said,
00:53"'I'm nothing but only respectful and grateful, 100 percent.
00:57I'm proud of it, actually, because I like to prove everybody wrong. It's fun for me.'"
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