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Michael Keaton Says He ‘Sucked’ in ‘Dumbo’ and It’s the ‘One Movie’ Where He Let Tim Burton Down: ‘It Bugs Me to This Day. I Was Clueless’
Michael Keaton admits he was clueless acting in "Dumbo" and his performance "sucked."
The Oscar nominee played a greedy amusement park owner in the film opposite a cast that included Colin Farrell, Eva Green and Danny DeVito. Variety’ s Owen Gleiberman wrote in his review that “Keaton’s performance as the dastardly Vandevere is disappointingly thin; he’s a bad guy with a sandpaper voice but no layers.” Keaton’s disappointment in “Dumbo” mirrors that of Burton, who has been quite honest in the years since the film’s 2019 theatrical release about how making a Disney tentpole of that size was not the most enjoyable experience.
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