Let us all rejoice in the continuing Michael Keaton comeback! After a near decade of falling off the map and kick-starting his career by getting back in touch with his comedic roots, it’s so exciting to see one of the most dynamic and fun actors in the business continue to flourish after his Oscar nomination for Birdman and get the chance to resurrect one of his most iconic roles as Batman in The Flash.
But let’s go back in time to the days of the late 1990s, the alleged glory days of American independent/up-and-coming cinema, when Keaton pulled off a magic trick that was, at the time, unforeseen.
In the span of just two years, he played the exact same character in two completely separate movies, those movies being Jackie Brown and Out of Sight, directed by Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh, respectively.
At a time when an extended…
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