Batman vs. Two-Face Batman Colleagues Reminisce About Adam West

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how are you doing sir Sean Ferguson went from direct how are you doing great thank you so tell me what it was like slipping back into the role of Robin without having to wear that tiny little office well actually I never left it because no because for the last 50 some-odd years I still go out on weekends at these huge Comic Cons and meet people and sign autographs and answer questions and for me it was it was really nothing different and in in fact I was paid a very nice compliment by the executive producer during the recording he stopped everything and came out and said we're blown away in here I said why and he said because you sound exactly like you sounded he said it's like almost scary time just as done well for this character it did it always does yeah that's fine I tell everybody the first hundred years of the hardest after that is pretty smooth sailing so so Adam West what what's your favorite story about Adam West and working with him well I love the guy I mean Adam and I met just before our screen test in July of 1965 and in five minutes of talking with this man the two of us were laughing and we never stopped laughing for more than 50 years wila absolute love the only time it's really hard for me is when I'm out signing autographs and I look over to my right and I see that empty chair that's when it's tough but the rest of the time you see he wouldn't want people to be sad he spent his whole life making people laugh and having fun he would want everybody to be happy yes citizen the Batmobile good morning Sean Ferguson we flick direct so tell me we talk about this all the time with what goes around comes around and with everything old is new again yeah we're bringing this 60s version of the characters into this generation what is it like merging the two of those together for this younger generation um well you know the thing is everyone is aware of some version of Batman and so we kind of took the 66 version and kind of merged it with a beat as kind of treatment so this one we did a Batman versus the cake cream we did return of the Caped Crusader's last year and that was more of a fun kind of homage tribute to the original series in general this one's more of a real story that focuses on character and and emotion and has a lot of heart and I think it will appeal to fans because it really is more about the kind of Batman they're used to seeing now there's a little darker tone to it and both visually and and emotionally kind of close to the same agent I think we both grew up watching this these vocal talents behind it what was it like working with Adam West and and the rest William Shatner in there working with them uh well it was amazing I mean they are both legends they're you know I mean they're they're they're from our childhoods and they both still have that same energy and that same sense of wonder and and nothing's well nothing was diminished I mean Adam West was was Batman the mint them the mic turned on he was Batman and William Shatner just brought his a-game to this role so it was what we wanted and what we were hoping for was that it would be land sound as if it was filmed in 1966 with with them in their prime at that time and I think we achieved it well we look forward to seeing it thank you so much are you doing Sean to face this is almost like we've got a 60s version you've got this amazing talent what is it like working with these guys it really is a dream come true I mean the only reason I wanted to work on these projects was was to be able to work with Adam West's work with William Shatner and and to sort of have my name attached to a project that they were in so it's really just a thrill for all of us involved it's almost like a geek out table in his name seriously I know I like literally I'm like I want to do this so I could be on a panel with Adam West and I want to be a comic-con panel with with William Shatner now both those sort of dreams will will happen I mean you're at comic-con and and whole reason there's a comic-con is because of these guys I mean it's like there's two of the biggest pop culture you know shows of all time and I think you know comic-con is sort of a reflection of the love of a sort of a genre they could help create I think my favorite memory of an West was just being at comic-con last year spending some time with him learning what like a just a great guy he was and he was just so enthusiastic and and you know he was 88 then but he had more energy than all of us and he was really trying to put a show on for the fans and you know till the end he was he was thinking about like how do I entertain people how do I you know give give people a good time so I mean he was just just such a great guy it sounds like the ultimate professional yeah and a better person so we really miss him that's amazing well thank you so much good luck with the show it looks it looks amazing I saw the teaser for it I can't wait to see it yeah it's great thank you thank you how you doing Sean Ferguson from FlickDirect so you've got this whole film 1960s version you've got Adam West the last Adam West production yeah sadly sadly well I mean I don't know that's the last Adam West thing period but him is Batman yeah I mean yeah I was a dream come true you know and especially for this movie with you know to have him and William Shatner and they're playing off each other and you're creating scenes where they're interacting this kid doesn't get any better it really is for I know I grew up with both of him yeah so this is like a dream come true yeah yeah no I mean I mean I'm in the same boat I got I got to work on it I feel incredibly blessed to have been able to you know I'm sure I mean there's there are a lot of people that feel that way and I you know of course it was it took me back to my childhood it's it's I couldn't even I can't even begin to tell you I was watching the teaser yeah I didn't even recognize it isn't it fantastic it's just monadic oh I mean it's yeah and I don't I don't recall going through a bunch of different options in the in the recording with I think if I remember correctly he kind of came in and he's like yeah I was thinking it's like this I mean he does this thing and it's like yeah that's it like okay who didn't know direction sounds like they just made your job so easy I mean you know with performers like that what I mean what are you gonna tell him like Adam West is like you gonna tell him how to be a better Batman than he then he is like I mean he's he's he's Batman right I mean but the the fun part on Mayan is to is to be since we do those records before we start in on storyboards and things like is to have that available to us when we're when we're creating shots and creating the acting for these characters and setting the scene for them I mean you've got such a great base to work from because you know it's it's that's why I'm Shatner yeah it's awesome we all can't wait until it comes out thank you so much for talking to us thank you thanks a lot that was that was smooth together Sean Ferguson how are you I've been looking forward to being with you sir it's my honor I have to say I grew up watching captain sergeant lawyer Denny Crane and now to face like what a career it's insane how do you because you've played a lot of good characters like I'm the good side of things yeah and now you're playing the bad side of things so what's it like playing about the same thing same thing yeah you know you you can't twirl your moustache that's old-fashioned hello I'm two failures no the bad guys are good guys the good guys are bad guys they're there everybody's mixed up you know that guy who shot everybody in Las Vegas he was apparently a mild-mannered guy who who knows what voices were screaming at him to kill like that there you are the voice I watched the teaser and when I heard the voice of to face it was like when I heard Mark Hamill T Joker it's I almost unrecognizable I couldn't tell it was you good how did you do that voice just take a deep breath because they were saying it was like you came in and you were just like just the voice yeah well I had rehearsed it myself now you you you that's the actors job well we appreciate you coming out and talking to us we can't wait to see it it's a pleasure apparently it's a really good movie well we can't wait to see thank you so much you [Music]