George Clooney revealed that he had advised Ben Affleck not to play the role of Batman, saying that his own role in the 1997 "Batman & Robin" movie had changed the way he picks his parts.

"Schwarzenegger was paid, I think, 25 million dollars for that, which was like 20 times more than I was paid for it, and, you know, we never even worked together! We worked together one day. But I took all the heat," Clooney told Hollywood Reporter.

"Now, fair deal; I was playing Batman and I wasn't good in it, and it wasn't a good film, but what I learned from that failure was, I had to rethink how I was working. Because now I wasn't just an actor getting a role, I was being held responsible for the film itself,” he added.

"I actually did talk to Ben Affleck about it," Clooney said."I said: 'Don't do it'. It was only from my experience, which is, you know..."

"He did great, though,” he added.