Former Batman George Clooney Reveals His Biggest Movie Regret

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George Clooney recently shared his biggest movie regret while talking about his new film: he wishes he hadn’t done Batman & Robin. He’s spoken before about how badly that movie was received.

Batman & Robin still haunts George Clooney

The Oscar-winning actor is speaking again about how much he dislikes Batman & Robin, a movie he’s often said was a big mistake in his career.

While discussing his new movie, George Clooney recently told MovieWeb that he regrets playing Batman in the 1997 film and wouldn’t take the role if he had the chance to do it over.

George Clooney quickly named Batman & Robin as a film he’d like to revisit if given the chance. He recently shared a funny story about his son dressing up as Batman for Halloween. Despite telling his son he was Batman, his son playfully disagreed, and Clooney admitted the boy was right to think so.

At the Los Angeles premiere of his new film, Jay Kelly, George Clooney discussed how making ‘Batman & Robin’ influenced his work going forward. He explained, “I learned a lot from that film. You grow more from your mistakes than from your successes, and you have to find your way through them.” (via PEOPLE)

Batman & Robin, a 1997 film directed by Joel Schumacher, starred Chris O’Donnell, Uma Thurman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Alicia Silverstone. While it made money at the box office, the movie received mostly negative reviews, earning only an 11% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

George Clooney’s new movie, Jay Kelly, stars Adam Sandler and recently had a limited release in theaters on November 14, 2025. It will be available to stream on Netflix starting December 5th.

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2025-11-18 18:46