Adam West on the new Dark Knight
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We caught up with the original bearer of black tights to get his opinion of the new flick.
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  Between Christian Bale’s anguished Batman and Heath Ledger’s psychotic Joker, the sequel to Batman Begins is proudly grim ’n’ gritty. So how does the star of the campy’60s Batman TV series feel about it? We asked the DayGlo Knight himself, Adam West, about the Caped Crusader’s split identities.
The Villain
THEN “Cesar Romero needed only a couple of slap dabs of white makeup and a green wig to become a very vital Joker. We put makeup over his mustache to make him a tinge creepier.”
NOW “Ledger’s character is very punk and gothic. It’s a different kind of Joker. He looks like an elderly Hollywood starlet missing her mouth with her lipstick.”
The Ride
THEN “My Batcycle was just a really gnarly Yamaha with a sidecar. But my Batmobile had the first car phone, the first navigational system, and flames coming out of the rear end.”
NOW “The new Batcycle looks very much like the cycle I rode from my apartment in Malibu
back and forth to the studio. Maybe that’s where they got the idea.”
The Sidekick
THEN “Robin made a great bartender. He was underage, but who cares in the ’Cave?”
NOW “Without Robin it might get a little bit lonely in Wayne Manor.”
The Women
THEN “I had three Catwomen: Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt, and Lee Meriwether. That’s 27 lives to deal with. It kept me very busy.”
NOW “I like Maggie Gyllenhaal, who is playing Bruce Wayne’s romantic interest. I think she’s bright and attractive. [Muttering] And she’ll have nothing to do with me.”
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