Michael Keaton random trivia

Tim Burton cast him as the title role in Batman (1989) because he was the only actor Burton thought could believably portray someone who has the kind of darkly obsessive personality that the character has. There was a great deal of comic fan anger over his selection, forcing the studio to release an advance trailer both to show that Keaton could do the role well and that the movie would not be a campy parody like the TV show "Batman" (1966/II). Is the fourth actor to play Batman. According to Mike Myers on "Revealed with Jules Asner" (2001), Keaton saw the comic actor perform at Second City Toronto. After the show ended, Keaton went to personally congratulate Myers and said, "Keep up the great work." Myers would soon work with Keaton on an episode of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) when Keaton was guest host.