What Tim Burton’s Batman Forever Would Have Looked Like

3. Robin Williams As The Riddler

On top of being considered to play The Joker by Tim Burton, Robin Williams was in the running to play The Riddler in the follow up to Batman Returns, had Burton returned. Williams had actually been offered the Joker before being overlooked for Jack Nicholson controversially.

For Batman III, Burton turned back to him, as confirmed by scriptwriter Lee Batchler, who says he wrote his script with Robin Williams’ voice in mind. He also revealed that Williams "loved" the script, but the studio simply failed to make a deal with him, as he revealed to Empire Magazine in 2010:

The Batman films have screwed me twice before: years ago they offered me The Joker and then gave it to Jack Nicholson, then they offered me The Riddler and gave it to Jim Carrey. I’d be like, 'Okay, is this a real offer? If it is, then the answer’s yes. Don’t pump me again, motherf*ckers.'

Burton's vision for the Riddler would also have been something to behold. He wanted to make Riddler stick out by having his hair shaved into a question mark. Talk about subtle.