Outgoing Batman Christian Bale has just slipped one top tip to successor Ben Affleck: learn to go to the toilet unaided once you put on the famous suit.
That’s probably as lighthearted as brooding Bale gets. And if you can’t wait for the 2016 release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, you can always take solace in the complete boxset of the rather merrier 60s TV incarnation of the Caped Crusader.
Think the full 120 episodes might be an overload of pop art camp? Just enjoy the impressive roll call of cameos the show contains – try:
- Liberace tinkling the ivories in Wayne Manor
- Bruce Lee squaring off against an overmatched Robin
- Joan Collins as an evil harp-y
But have you spotted these famous faces in unexpected places?
- It’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it number, but adult industry legend Ron Jeremy appears among the frightened New York crowd in Ghostbusters. You’ll know him by that iconic moustache…
- George Lucas – in Beverly Hills Cop III? The Star Wars creator plays a disgruntled theme park visitor in this unlikely combination.
- Marvel Comics godfather Stan Lee’s cameo list is legendary – keep an eye out and you’ll see him cropping up in many Marvel franchise films. Some are obvious – with the comics supremo playing himself, but many feature him as a bystander in the right place at the right time.
- Need a Christian Bale/Patrick Bateman link to get back on track? Try Huey Lewis’ cheeky appearance as the high school band judge in Back to the Future.
- Squeezing in a cameo in a film you’re already starring in? That’s next level. Jim Carrey did just this in Liar Liar – reprising his In Living Color sketch show character, Fire Marshal Bill.
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Originally published December 18, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
