“Have other S— to do”

Michael Keaton may have played a superhero, but that doesn’t mean he watches Marvel and DC movies in his spare time.

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The actor – who will reprise the role of Bruce Wayne in the upcoming film the flash alongside Ben Affleck – revealed he hasn’t finished watching a single superhero so far in an interview with Variety.

“I know people don’t believe that, that I’ve never seen a full version of any of these movies – no Marvel movies, no other,” he said. “And I’m not saying I don’t watch it because I’m nerd – trust me! That’s not it.”

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Keaton, 70, added: “It’s just that there’s very little I watch. I start watching something, and I think it’s great and I watch three episodes, but I I have other things to do!”

His comment echoes similar sentiments he shared in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2021.

“After the first BatmanI’m not sure I’ve ever seen a whole one [comic book] movie,” Keaton recalled at the time. “I never had time to get into it. So you’re talking to a guy who wasn’t in tune with everyone else’s time.”

He added, “They’ll be making Marvel movies forever. I’ll be dead and they’ll still be making Marvel movies.”

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Keaton also opened up to Variety about reprising the role of Bruce Wayne in the next film the flash after more than 30 years. He last wore the Batsuit in Tim Burton’s 1992 version.

“I was curious what it would be like after so many years. It’s not so much me doing it – obviously, part of it – but I was just curious about it, weirdly, socially,” he shared.

The Dope The star continued, “It’s all huge. They have their own world, so I like to see it as an outsider, thinking, ‘Holy Moly!'”

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Keaton – who also starred as the Vulture in 2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming — was attracted to the project because of the screenplay of Birds of prey screenwriter Christina Hodson.

“The writing was actually really good,” he said. Variety. “So I thought, why not? It’s cool to come and I’m curious to see if I can pull it off.”

the flash will premiere on June 23, 2023.