Chris O'Donnell Reveals Batman and Robin's Rushed Production

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Nearly 30 years after Batman and Robin hit theaters entanked, Crystal Donald just broke

down while the George Clooney flick flops so hard.

In a new podcast chat, the actor penned it mainly on Warner Bros. rushing the sequel to Batman

Forever from 1995, which was a massive hit.

They got greedy and ditched the usual three-year wait between movies, pushing straight into

production without a solid plan.

O'Donnell said they tried copying the playbook from The Fugitive in 1993, where the studio

threw cash at problems during filming, and somehow salvaged a hit.

But for Batman and Robin, that approach backfired big time, turning the whole thing into

a super-campy mess that critics and fans hated.

Mr. Joel Schumacher was straight up devastated by how it all fell apart.

O'Donnell also dropped a while behind the scenes fact, even though his Robin character

had key scenes with Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr. Schwarzenegger's.

Freeze?

They never shot together once.

Arnold's double handled all the wise shots, and the big guy only popped in for close-ups.

It's crazy how those rushed choices killed the franchise by back then.

But stories like this keep the 90s Batman era alive in our chats today.