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"Christopher Walken - Max Shreck"
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Batman Returns"We got to be back home [filming in Burbank] so that made me happy. It was quite the cast with Michelle Pfeiffer and Danny DeVito and everyone. It wasnt as satisfying to me when I saw it, but maybe that’s because the bar was set so high on the first one. I think I only watched it one time. I knew we were in trouble in talks for the third one when certain people started the conversation with Why does it have to be so dark? Why does he have to be so depressed? Shouldnt there be more color in this thing? I knew I was headed for trouble and that it wasnt a road I was going to go down."
Batman Returns is a 1992 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton and written by Daniel Waters. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it is the sequel to Batman (1989), also directed by Burton, and the second installment in the Batman film series (1989–1997). The cast includes Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, and Michael Murph
"Christopher Walken - Max Shreck"
"Cristi Conaway - the Ice Princess"
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"[to Shreck] Odd as it may seem, Max, you and I have something in common: were both perceived as monsters. But somehow, youre a well-respected monster, and I am, to date, not!"
"The Bat. The Cat. The Penguin."
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