![]() ![]() “And, in the comic books, the characters always looked like they were naked with spray paint on them - it was all about anatomy, and I like to push anatomy.”įernandez previously worked with Tim Burton on “Batman Returns” crafting the Catwoman suit prototype. “It wasn’t fetish to me, it was more informed by Roman armor - like Centurions,” Fernandez told MEL Magazine. “Batman & Robin” costume designer Jose Fernandez detailed the strong design decision to “showcase” Batman’s nipples, first in the 1995 film “Batman Forever” starring Val Kilmer, and even further (and infamously) accentuated for 1997 follow-up “Batman & Robin” with George Clooney and Chris O’Donnell as the titular Gotham heroes. However, the need to please corporate sponsors and increase the number of villains resulted in an audience backlash on Batman & Robin, which put the franchise on ice for eight years.Joel Schumacher’s “Batman” films are famous not just for the set design and campy aesthetic, but for the “sharpened” nipples visible on the superhero suits. ![]() Initially, the change in direction seemed advantageous, when Forever outgrossed Burton's Batman Returns. Batman Forever and Batman & Robin took on a lighter tone that broke away from the gothic direction of Tim Burton's previous installments. I didn’t want to do it, but he’s the boss, so we sharpened them, circled them and it all became kind of ridiculous."īat-nipples were only one of many key issues with the Batman movies under Schumacher's direction. "They were also circled, both outer and inner - it was all made into a feature of the Batsuit. ![]() "Schumacher wanted them sharpened, like, with points," he said. It was a decision that made Fernandez a little uncomfortable. ![]() When Fernandez worked on Kilmer's Batsuit in Forever, he made the nipples subtle, but director Joel Schumacher loved the feature so much that he wanted them to be more prominent in the follow-up. RELATED: George Clooney Jokes About Ben Affleck Ruining the Batman Franchise ![]()
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