Jim Carrey questions ‘dark’ depiction of Paul Dano’s Riddler in The Batman

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The actor, who played an eccentric version of the villain in 1995’s Batman Forever, said he has “mixed emotions” about his depiction in the new Matt Reeves film Carrey admitted he is yet to see the film, but suggested he had seen footage of Paul Dano’s Riddler in the blockbuster, and was left cold. Robotnik has cartoon bombs and no-one gets hurt.” He continued: “I know there’s a place for it, and I don’t want to criticise it, but it’s not my kind of thing… it’s very well done, those movies are very well done.” open image in gallery Jim Carrey as the Riddler in 1995 film ‘Batman Forever’ Carrey previously denounced his appearance in Kick-Ass 2 months after the Sandy Hook shootings in June 2013. I am not ashamed of it but recent events have caused a change in my heart.” Comic-book writer and Kick-Ass 2 executive producer Mark Millar defended the film’s graphic content in a blog post, writing: “Like Jim, I’m horrified by real-life violence, but Kick-Ass 2 isn’t a documentary. open image in gallery Jim Carrey in ‘Kick-Ass 2’ “A sequel to the picture that gave us Hit Girl was always going to have some blood on the floor and this should have been no shock to a guy who enjoyed the first movie so much.” Carrey is being called a “hypocrite” over his comments about the Will Smith Oscars slap.