VIDEO : Joel Schumacher Wanted Coolio To Play Batman Villain Scarecrow

Why the heck was Coolio in Batman & Robin? Granted, this isn?t the only pressing question the widely-agreed-upon nadir of superhero cinema presents us, but it is a baffling one. The answer, it turns out, was that Joel Schumacher was setting up a wider universe with his planned Batman Triumphant: one where Coolio would be the Scarecrow. Granted, it?s not explained how, exactly, a street racer turns into a nebbishy college professor who hoses everybody with fear gas, but according to the video up top, shot for the Burleson Star to promote Coolio?s booking a gig in North Texas, that was the plan.