Pierce Brosnan was Almost Batman

Hard as it is to believe, Michael Keaton wasn’t Tim Burton’s first choice for the role of Batman in 1989. According to a recent Reddit with Pierce Brosnan, he dished about his brief flirtation with the role of the Caped Crusader.

"I went and met with Tim Burton for the role of Batman but I just couldn’t really take it seriously, any man who wears his underpants outside his pants just cannot be taken seriously. That was my foolish take on it. It was a joke, I thought. But how wrong was I? Don’t get me wrong, because I love Batman, and I grew up on Batman. As a kid in Ireland, we used to get our raincoats and tie them round our neck and swing through the bicycle shed…"

Well, that was interesting. I think it’s funny how defensive he got about making fun of Batman. With the recent revelation that Robin Williams almost played The Joker, imagine what a different film that would have been. If Brosnan could have hidden his accent, I think he would have made an awesome Bruce Wayne, for sure.