10 DC Movie Deleted Scenes You Need To See
9. Batman Forever: Bruce Wayne And The Huge Bat
Some might argue all of Batman Forever should have been deleted, along with the rest of Joel Schumacher's DC contributions, but when delving into the movie's deleted scenes it's clear the filmmaker originally had darker plans for the Caped Crusader.
This cut sequence takes place in a secret section of the Batcave and it finds a troubled Bruce Wayne coming to terms with his parents' death, overcoming temporary memory loss and reclaiming his superhero identity.
During the epiphany, he revisits his reasons for becoming Batman in the first place and has a vision involving a massive bat, which would have won first prize in a Man-Bat lookalike contest, despite having nothing to do with the B-list villain.
This sequence would have added an extra layer of depth and characterisation to Batman Forever, dialled up the darkness and upped its practical effects game. That giant bat was the impressive handiwork of Rick Baker, who was also behind Tommy Lee Jones's Two-Face makeup.