13 Gloriously Hammy Performances In Comic Book Movies
5. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Batman & Robin)
Batman & Robin killed the original Batman film franchise and the careers of several of its stars, but at least it managed to commit dozens of ice puns to the silver screen, right? Arnold Schwarzeneggers Mr Freeze exists only to deliver these puns efficiently and loudly. If he had much else to do, he might be even higher on this list, but Arnold essentially has no choice but to be hammy in the face of lines like, Do you know what killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE. Much like almost every actor conscripted to play a one-note villain in a Batman film, with the aforementioned exception of Tommy Lee Jones, Schwarzenegger also looks like hes enjoying himself. Why wouldnt he when he gets to exit one scene with a thumbs-up and the words cool party, and another on a rocket? Its said that Schumacher used to remind his actors, Remember, its just a cartoon! Almost the entire cast of Batman & Robin could have featured in this article, but Schwarzeneggers performance is as cartoonish as it gets; with a character like that, it couldnt really have gone any other way.
