Brendan Fraser said Glasgow was the 'perfect' Gotham City after filming Batgirl in Scotland before the movie was scrapped.
The Hollywood actor starred alongside Michael Keaton, JK Simmons and Leslie Grace in the film, which was shot solely in the city during 2021 and early 2022. During a recent appearance on The Howard Stern Show, he said: "Gotham never looked better cast as Glasgow, Scotland."
Production took over much of the city for a number of months, but the movie was ultimately scrapped by Warner Bros after a poor reaction at test screenings. Glasgow has doubled for Gotham City again as Robert Pattinson's gritty portrayal of the caped crusader saw filming crews descend to the Necropolis recently for The Batman.
Detailing his love for the city, Fraser continued: "It's decaying and just gorgeous, and it looks like it's Gotham City. It's perfectly cast. You believe it no matter where you look at the town if you light it the right way."
Fraser - who was cast as the film's villain Firefly - also praised the work of the directors who were left devastated after the production was scrapped by Warner Bros. He added: "It was great. Adil [El Arbi] and Bilall [Fallah], who did the Bad Boys movie, are really good at blowing s*** up and they love doing it.
"You know, like practical fire effects making stuff go bang, they're all over it, and so Firefly is right in their wheelhouse."
While the actor says he has never seen the film, he reveals his friends and colleagues who have all had "really good things to say about it". He said: "It was screened in a garden variety test screening, it was a director's cut, first cut - it wasn't finished.
"I don't know about you but I don't eat half-baked cake, I don't want to see something that is not ready yet. And the sad thing is I don't know if it was judged on the merit, it wasn't shown in the best light it could have been."
The Hollywood star has now been nominated for an Oscar for his critically acclaimed performance in The Whale. Fraser stars as an obese recluse trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter after the death of his boyfriend.
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