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After Joel Schumacher cast Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face, writers Lee and Janet Scott Batchler chose The Riddler as the secondary villain, and Joel called up Robin Williams for the role. The Batchlers wrote Batman with Michael Keaton, Two-Face with Tommy Lee Jones, and The Riddler with Robin Williams.

In the first two drafts of Batman Forever by the Batchlers, they gave Riddler the name of Lyle Heckendorf, not Edward Nygma. His company was not NygmaTech. His name was Lyle Heckendorf. So, the name of the company was HeckTech. Joel came up with a scene that was not in the final film, where Lyle stalks Bruce Wayne and Chase Meridian at the circus when they're about to see The Graysons die, and in order to get close to Bruce, Lyle stole clothes from a fortune telling leprechaun, which form the basis of the Riddler outfit, and he has magenta hair. Robin would be the same over the top/flamboyant Riddler as was in the final film.

Robin read the screenplay for Batman Forever, and he loved it. According to an interview with the Batchlers on Superhero Stuff You Should Know, there was a salary dispute. Williams wanted too much money, and Keaton himself wanted too much money, and Warner Bros. and Schumacher decided to go with Jim Carrey instead.

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After Joel Schumacher cast Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face, writers Lee and Janet Scott Batchler chose The Riddler as the secondary villain, and Joel called up Robin Williams for the role. The Batchlers wrote Batman with Michael Keaton, Two-Face with Tommy Lee Jones, and The Riddler with Robin Williams.

In the first two drafts of Batman Forever by the Batchlers, they gave Riddler the name of Lyle Heckendorf, not Edward Nygma. His company was not NygmaTech. His name was Lyle Heckendorf. So, the name of the company was HeckTech. Joel came up with a scene that was not in the final film, where Lyle stalks Bruce Wayne and Chase Meridian at the circus when they're about to see The Graysons die, and in order to get close to Bruce, Lyle stole clothes from a fortune telling leprechaun, which form the basis of the Riddler outfit, and he has magenta hair. Robin would be the same over the top/flamboyant Riddler as was in the final film.

Robin read the screenplay for Batman Forever, and he loved it. According to an interview with the Batchlers on Superhero Stuff You Should Know, there was a salary dispute. Williams wanted too much money, and Keaton himself wanted too much money, and Warner Bros. and Schumacher decided to go with Jim Carrey instead.