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is not proud about The actor expressed disappointment over his performance in Tim Burton's 2019 live-action Dumbo film. In a recent interview published on August 27, Michael along with his cast members, were speaking about the highly-awaited sequel. He responded to the journalist's statement about how he and the filmmaker's longtime collaboration had come to be from the first in 1988.
The two has gone to work on other things together such as Batman and Batman Returns. "I love working with Tim so much, but I don’t think we ever really analyzed why we work pretty well together; we just do. I think I let him down on one movie, but that’s just me, and it bugs me to this day.
I was clueless on 'Dumbo.' I sucked in 'Dumbo," the 72-year-old said to the outlet. Tim did not share the same sentiment as Michael and chimed in: "I don’t even know what you’re talking about, but whatever.
" Michael played V. A. Vandevere, a corrupt business man and the main antagonist of the film.
The Oscar nominee starred opposite a cast that featured Colin Farrell, Eva Green, Danny DeVito, Alan Arkin and Nico Parker. Dumbo earned mixed reviews from critics and so did Michael's performance. The live-action adaption of the 1941 animated film was Rotten in the critic side of on with 46% and had a fallen popcorn on the Popcornmeter with a 48% audience rating.
Dumbo also wasn't considered a financial success with it grossing "Honestly, after 'Dumbo,' I really didn’t know. I thought that could have been it, really. I could have retired, or become.
.. well, I wouldn’t have become an animator again, that’s over," Tim shared.
He previously spoke at the about the experience saying, "The thing about ‘Dumbo’ is that’s why I think my days with Disney are done. I realized that I was Dumbo, that I was working in this horrible big circus and I needed to escape. That movie is quite autobiographical at a certain level.
" In the same Variety interview, he mentioned how reenergized" him. The second film in the Beetlejuice series just premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, August 28. It will open in theater on September 6.
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