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Michael Keaton is seen as Batman in new poster for The Flash after buzzy Super Bowl trailer
A new promotional poster for The Flash showcasing Michael Keaton as Batman has been released following a buzzy Super Bowl clip in promotion of the forthcoming blockbuster. The 71-year-old actor reprises the role of the Caped Crusader more than three decades after his last appearance as the famed superhero in the Tim Burton films Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992).The Pennsylvania-born actor played opposite Jack Nicholson (as The Joker) and Kim Basinger (as Vicki Vale) in the first film, and Danny DeVito (The Penguin) and Michelle Pfeiffer (Catwoman) in the sequel.In the new poster, Keaton is pictured staring straight ahead against a smoky gray background with the text, 'Worlds collide.'Other posters released in promotion of the film show Ezra Miller as the titular character and Sasha Calle portraying Supergirl.  The latest: A new promotional poster for The Flash showcasing Michael Keaton as Batman has been released following a buzzy Super Bowl clip in promotion of the forthcoming blockbuster  A number of people on Twitter reacted favorably to seeing Keaton reprise the role - which has been played by a number of stars including George Clooney, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck and Robert Pattinson - in the 30 years since he wore the Batsuit.Actor Josh Gad noted the nostalgic element to Keaton's comeback at a time Harrison Ford is slated to reprise the role of Indiana Jones for this summer's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which also had a trailer air during Sunday's Super Bowl. 'Imagine going back to 1989 when Batman and Last Crusade are in theaters & your younger self asks what are you all excited about in 2023 & answering Michael Keaton playing Batman and Harrison Ford playing Indiana Jones,' he said.One user
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Louise Fletcher, who played iconic villain Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in Oscar-winning performance, dies aged 88
Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died at the age of 88.The actress, who won an Oscar for her performance as the chillingly corrupt nurse, died on Friday September 23 at her home in Montdurausse, France from natural causes, her son Andrew Bick told The Hollywood Reporter.Born in July 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama as the second of four children to Deaf parents, her father, a reverend, founded more than 40 churches in the US state for people who are Deaf.Fletcher survived breast cancer twice in her life.Having begun her acting career in the late 1950s, appearing in TV series including Lawman and Maverick, the actress went on to star in the 1974 crime film Thieves Like Us, which helped bag her the role of Ratched in the 1975 adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.The film, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey, stars Jack Nicholson as mental institution patient Randle McMurphy.The patients at the institution team up against the tyrannical Nurse Mildred Ratched, exerting her power over them by means including her own version of psychotherapy and antipsychotic drugs.Nurse Ratched is widely regarded as one of the greatest fictional villains of all time, having been played by Joan Tetzel on stage and by Sarah Paulson in the 2020 TV series about the character.When Fletcher accepted her Oscar for the role, she famously used sign language to thank her parents in her speech, choking up as she expressed how much they meant to her.She also joked with the audience that ‘it looks like you all hated me so much that you’ve given me this award for it’, before adding: ‘I’ve loved being hated by you.’Following One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fletched went on to play Dr Gene Tuskin in the sequel to The
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