Once we mounted the suit on the mannequin, we also performed some minor restoration on several tears and bits of damage to the foam latex.

This choice creates more of a costume display than a wax statue type display. We created a custom mannequin to support the bat suit with a Val Kilmer lifecast, which we painted a matte gray tone, allowing the original suit to shine. Getting the Batman movie costume on a custom form was the best way to support it over time. While foam latex is a wonderfully flexible material for productions, over time it can get brittle and fragile. The suit was made of foam latex which gave the look of the heavier armor but still allowed Kilmer to move they way the film required him to. His take on the Batman universe was a bit of a departure from the darker style of the previous films directed by Tim Burton. They were added to the suit because the director and writer of the film, Joel Schumacher, wanted his version of the Batsuit to be more fitted and sexier. Val Kilmar’s Batsuit also called the Panther Batsuit is the first of the Batman films to feature the infamous “bat nipples”. Our client brought us this original Batman movie costume from the Batman Forever film, looking of a themed base to display it. I don't how they come up with this style of acting but they seem to go 'Go to soap opera school.Custom mannequin and themed display for an original Val Kilmer Batman movie costume. Go count how many times I put my hands on my hips. 'I tried to be like an actor on a soap opera. It was just so huge I think it made no difference what I was doing,' Kilmer admitted. He said fellow Batman Forever actors Tommy Lee Jones, who played Two-Face, and Jim Carrey, who portrayed The Riddler, managed to deliver huge performances in their villainous roles. Kilmer elaborated further on his performance and likened playing Batman to acting in a soap opera, though he indicated that his co-stars were not as restricted by their costumes.

It was a struggle for me to get a performance past the suit, and it was frustrating until I realized that my role in the film was just to show up and stand where I was told to.' 'You also can't hear anything and after a while people stop talking to you, it's very isolating.

'When you're in it, you can barely move and people have to help you stand up and sit down,' he added.

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