12 Shocking Batman Movie Plans That Almost Happened
9. Hulk Hogan As Mr Freeze
Obviously, in hindsight, the casting of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr Freeze in Batman & Robin was not the best decision in Joel Schumacher's tenure over the franchise. It didn't help that he was given terrible material to work with, but his limited acting range made selling the emotional undercurrent of the character unlikely at best.
Just think for a moment how that would have gone if Schumacher's alternative choice for the character had come off. Because if Schwarzengger had passed, Schumacher had lined up either Sylvester Stallone (which would have gone similarly to Arnie) or - more worryingly - Hulk Hogan.
Schumacher clearly had a very clear idea of what he wanted from his villain, but it's horrifying to think of Hogan in that role. It was already a mockery with Arnie - with Hogan, it would have been another level of bad entirely.