[Music] Michael Keaton is the best Batman that is what the actor said recently while taking part in a Q&A video for Wired literally all he said while sharing his answers to the internet's most searched questions Keaton was faced with the biggest and most important question first why Michael Keaton is the best bman hilariously not missing a beat Katon turned to the camera and said oh cuz I am it is certainly a statement that is hard to dispute as for many Keaton's turn as The Dark Knight is pretty hard to beat whether this is down to him being the first to portray the character on the big screen the nostalgic Heir about his iteration of the character or the way Tim Burton brought Gothic fantasy to the streets of Gotham City it doesn't really matter because a lot of fans will most likely agree with Katon Kurt comment however his success in the role was not always guaranteed and Burton took What was seen as a huge risk in casting the actor known for more comedic roles as his Batman in fact Katon reflected on the hate he received before Batman was released during his appearance at Tim Burton's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony Katon addressed the discourse over his original casting saying I'll never understand this why anyone cared the Uproar you would have thought we were being invaded it was unbelievable the Press was going crazy but Burton stood by me the guts it took to stand by that decision will always be appreciated by me Michael Keaton Praises Tim Burton there are a lot of people making a lot of money out there with their superhero movies because of his choice and his vision of what those movies could be because he changed everything Michael Keaton define the role of Batman in a new life prior to 1989 feature film The Cave Crusaders on screen appearances had been confined to TV with another Batman icon Adam West playing the roll across 120 episodes between 1966 and 1968 West also starred in a TV movie that was released between the first two seasons of the show in 1966 however West's version was very much of the time but as the 1980s Drew to a close the Batman that would appear in cinemas worldwide was a much darker more serious version in line with some of the characters later comic book appearances while Keaton's previous body of work actually made him more likely to take on an Adam West Style Batman under the direction of Burton the PA came together with the help of a deliciously deranged Jack michon in tow to create what would become the template for every Batman movie to follow although things began to stray in the pfield and unnecessarily garish Batman and Robin Christopher Nolan's Trilogy brought everything back on track and included arguably the greatest Batman movie of all time in the dark KN now fans have two Batman coming into their lives with Robert patson's grounded version of Bruce Wayne set to return in the Batman part two in 2026 and James gun set to cast a new actor in the role for his DCU continuity how this new star will size up with Keaton's original movie Batman is yet to be seen but it looks like the actor is pretty confident that his Bruce Wayne will still be top bat irrespective of how many other actors take on the role in the future