Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mr. Freeze Costume Almost Killed Him

Batman and Robin was a powerhouse cast wise, including the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger playing the fan favorite villain Mr. Freeze. Unfortunately, the process to make him appear like Freeze was far from flawless, and in some ways deadly.

In an interview with THR, make-up artist Jeff Dawn recalled the elaborate process of getting Schwarzenegger into costume. Aside from the layers of makeup, it also required a complicated LED system in Arnold’s mouth for closeups, including a rather dangerous placement of the LED’s battery.

“When you put it in Arnold’s mouth, Arnold’s saliva would creep into the seams of this thing and attack the batteries. The batteries would immediately start disintegrating and start putting out battery acid into Arnold’s mouth,” says Dawn.

As you can imagine, no one wants to swallow battery acid, and Arnold was understandably upset, shouting”It tastes like s***! What’s in my mouth?””

The solution came in the form of a simple balloon, placed around the light. The only problem was that it kept going out, lasting only around 20 minutes at a time. The frequent stops caused issues with both time and money.

“Arnold is sitting there in this incredibly comfortable suit and it’s costing us $5,000 a minute to wait,” says Dawn.

Mr. Freeze won’t be making an appearance in Justice League, but fans are hopeful they’ll see him hit the big screen again sometime soon.

Justice League currently has a 4.16 out of 5 on ComicBook.com’s anticipation rankings, and the official description can be found below.

In Justice League, fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.

Justice League is directed by Zack Snyder, from a screenplay by Chris Terrio, and features an ensemble cast that includes Ben Affleck (Batman), Henry Cavill(Superman), Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Ezra Miller (The Flash), Jason Momoa (Aquaman), Ray Fisher (Cyborg), Ciarán Hinds (Steppenwolf), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Diane Lane (Martha Kent), Jeremy Irons (Alfred Pennyworth), J.K. Simmons (Commissioner Gordon), Amber Heard (Mera), Kiersey Clemons (Iris West) and Jesse Eisenberg (Lex Luthor).

Wonder Woman is in theaters now, followed by Justice League on November 17, 2017; Aquaman on July 27, 2018; Shazam on April 5, 2019; Justice League 2 on June 14, 2019; Cyborg on April 3, 2020; and Green Lantern Corps on July 24, 2020. The Flash, The Batman, Dark Universe and Man of Steel 2 are currently without a release dates.

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