Chris O'Donnell on Robin, Batman & Mr. Freeze

0:00It's March 31st. Entertainment and celebrity news, today starts now, AI-powered and trending. Chris O'Donnell just opened up about suiting up as Robin in Batman and Robin back in 1997. As a kid, he was obsessed with Batman toys and the old TV show, so jumping into the Batmobile felt straight out of a dream. But coming off serious flicks, like fried green tomatoes and sent of a woman, he knew it was a bold career switch that opened doors even if it closed. Some others. He dropped a wild fact too, saying he never filmed a single scene with Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze. Arnold stuck to close-ups while a dead-ringer double-handled the rest, making it seamless on-screen. Production turned chaotic after Batman forever. Crushed it at the box office. Warner Bros. rushed ahead without waiting the usual three years, chasing that success like they did with The Fugitive. Cole Schumacher got hit hard by the brutal reviews, hiding in his hotel during press in Buenos Aires, totally devastated.

1:01Still, O'Donnell had a blast clowning around with George Clooney, admitting they might have had too much fun. Fans approach him mixed, some dead serious about loving it, others may be trolling. The film pulled in $238 million on a roughly $120 million budget, but it bombed compared to the last one, so no sequel happened until Batman begins hit in 2005. Overall, O'Donnell calls it an amazing ride worth every neon light.