Michael Keaton’s 70th birthday, the secrets of his most iconic roles (awaiting his return in “Batman”)

Happy birthday, Michael Keaton. The eclectic Hollywood actor, Oscar nominee for Birdman, blows out 70 candles. And what best wishes can be dedicated to him if not to retrace his most famous films? He made his cinema debut in 1980s, reaching the planetary fame in the “halloween” makeup of Beetlejuice. But it is with the next gods movies on Tim Burton, Batman (and with the sequel), that the star obtains the definitive consecration. His refusal to return to Gotham City for the third time is controversial: “No, the answer is basically simple. I read the script for the third Batman: painful! I refused without batting an eye“. After the glorious Nineties, Keaton’s career in 2000 comes to a halt, thanks to some professional choices that are not always right. In 2014, the artistic renaissance thanks to the declining superhero of Alejandro Inarritu. Today, the star back in the shoes of Bruce Wayne after 30 years in The Flash (to be released in 2022). Andy Muschietti’s film in which the parallel universes of DC Comics will be mixed.

Last of seven brothers, Keaton – whose real name is Michael John Douglas – nasce a Forest Grove near Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, by a civil engineer and a housewife. Debuted in sitcoms in 1975, changing his name so as not to be confused with the famous Michael Douglas. His choice is said to be due to an affinity with the great silent film comedian, Buster Keaton. For his crazy 70 years, we want to celebrate the chameleon actor with the secrets (in the gallery above) of his most iconic roles: from 90% of the impromptu jokes on the set of Beetlejuice to the thousands of letters of protest from fans who didn’t want him in the shoes of Batman (before getting everyone to agree with a performance that delivered him to immortality), in the feathered costume of Birdman up to the role The Spotlight case basato su Jason Robards in All the President’s Men…