Random 'Batman & Robin' Was A Much Bigger Behind-The-Scenes Nightmare Than You Ever Realized (15 items)

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  (#10) Chris O'Donnell And Arnold Schwarzenegger Never Filmed A Scene Together

  Something many people don't know about major motion pictures is there are often multiple teams working on a single film. While the film's director, in this case, Joel Schumacher, is working with the first unit, a second unit director will be taking care of crowd scenes, exteriors, and "less important" shots. Many people who worked on Batman & Robin said they were making the movie on a short timetable, and, to get all the shots they needed, the actors were split up between units to film. 

  In a making-of documentary, Chris O'Donnell said he can't remember filming many of the scenes he was in because his stunt double was used. Regarding his scenes with Arnold Schwarzenegger, O'Donnell said, “I was in a lot of scenes with Mr. Freeze, but I didn’t work a single day with Arnold. Not a single day."
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  (#13) There Was A Lot Of Money Wasted On 'Batman & Robin'

  After spending $25 million on Arnold Schwarzenegger, you'd think Warner Bros. would want to crack down on additional spending. According to star Chris O'Donnell, that was not the case. Twenty years after Batman & Robin was released, O'Donnell was incredibly open in an interview with ET, detailing how the studio seemed more than happy to solve their problems with money.

  O'Donnell recalled what happened immediately after finishing Batman Forever:

  All of a sudden it was like, boom here’s another one. There was a lot of waste. I felt it wasn’t tight and it wasn’t thought out. People just got greedy. That being said, I had a great time doing it.
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  (#1) Arnold Schwarzenegger Got Battery Acid In His Mouth

  Arnold Schwarzenegger's costume is insane in Batman & Robin. He's spray-painted silver and wears giant silver Transformers parts. Even though Schwarzenegger was covered in a toxic, flammable substance, the worst part was the LED light that had to go in his mouth during close-ups.

  The LED had batteries in it that would leak acid into Schwarzenegger's mouth when his saliva hit the casing. 

  Makeup artist Jeff Dawn explained the oral nightmare:

  When you put it in Arnold's mouth, Arnold's saliva would creep into the seams of this thing and attack the batteries. The batteries would immediately start disintegrating and start putting out battery acid into Arnold's mouth.
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  (#15) The Bat-Nipples

  The stand-out complaint about Batman & Robin is the titular stars have suits that are a little too anatomically correct, complete with visible nipples. When asked how he feels about the response the costume detail has received, director Joel Schumacher said:

  "Yes, I was like, 'Are you kidding me?' I think that will be on my gravestone. It’s how I’ll be remembered."
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  (#8) The Release Date For 'Batman & Robin' Was Set Before Filming Began

  It's not unheard of for a big budget superhero movie to receive a release date before it begins shooting, but in the case of Batman & Robin, there simply wasn't enough time to make sure the film was actually good.

  According to director Joel Schumacher, after the success of Batman Forever, Warner Bros. was keen on getting some more of that sweet Wayne family money:

  You are going to open whether you have something or not. Because those spots in the summer are so sought-after and so juggled around that you've got to piss on your ground or you're not going to have dates in the summer. And then it's like, "Oh my God, I'm opening. But now I have to make something to open with."
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  (#12) It Took Forever To Get Schwarzenegger Into Costume

  Many consider Arnold Schwarzenegger great in Batman & Robin. Instead of snoozing his way through the movie and collecting his check, Schwarzenegger chews the scenery up like it's made of cotton candy. Unfortunately, it took 11 people four hours every morning to put Arnold Schwarzenegger into his costume.

  No one says how long it took to get him out of costume, but the time spent was likely comparable. Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal, but the star had a hard 12-hour rule written into his contract that wouldn't allow him to stay on set any longer. That didn't give him a lot of time to film. 

  Remember, Schwarzenegger got paid one million dollars a day for his work on the film, even if the cameras were only rolling for a couple of hours. 

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