Tim Burton desire to separateBatman Returnsfrom the first film , which is why only a handful of characters return and there ’s only a couple of fleeting references to the pilot . The sequel was a huge collision but parent complained about its unrelenting wickedness and kinkiness - which is n’t something typically colligate with a kinfolk - favorable blockbuster . This led to Burton departing the thirdBatmanmovie , with Joel Schumacher taking over the franchise .

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It ’s a well - hump part ofBatman Returnsdevelopment that some major fibre were prune from the handwriting before filming . This include Robin , who was portrayed as a teenaged mechanic who help fix the Batmobile , and later squad with Batman to take on The Penguin ; Marlon Wayans was cast but the part was trimmed to streamline the plot of ground . Another case who did n’t make the deletion was Billy Dee Williams ' Harvey Dent . lover of the comics knew Dent finally evolves intoTwo - Face , with Williams occupy on the part in the firstBatmanunder the assumption Dent would become the villain .

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Tim Burton decided not to let in Harvey Dent just to divide the sequel even further fromBatman , and while it ’s assumed Christopher Walken ’s corrupt man of affairs Max Shreck meet the role Harvey would have play , this does n’t come out to be the character . Shreck was an original persona created by screenwriter Daniel Waters to " triangulate " the many other plot of ground in the cinema , and in an interview withMoney Into Light , he explain " I had one scene of Billy Dee Williams getting injured and then getting a coin , but we did n’t do anything with it . "

It appears Harvey Dent / Two - Face ’s office inBatman Returns would never have been more than a cameo . Other interview with Waters delineate Harvey flipping a coin and when it derive up on the honorable side he does n’t do anything , teasing his return in the next moving picture . The idea of including the character was nixed too soon in ontogenesis , and Dent does n’t appear in other drafts of Waters ' script , so it ’s unknown how he would have figure into the story or how he gets marred . Its possible elements of Shreck ’s storyline would have featured in the institution of Two - Face , but the part was never going to be a primary scoundrel inBatman Returns . Tommy Lee Jones would afterwards take over the role for 1995’sBatman Forever , but Billy Dee Williams finally got to play Two - cheek in 2017’sThe Lego Batman Movie .

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