allowing him to take a break from his Pee-wee persona. He would return to the Batman universe in his stint on Fox'splaying Penguin's father again in a separate TV universe."Shocked and saddened. I'll never forget how Paul helped me at the beginning of my career. It would not have happened without his support. He was a great artist. I'll miss him," he wrote.Reubens insisted on Burton after seeing his 1984 short.
From the first minute of his film, I could tell that he was somebody who was very interested in style," Reubens toldin 2016."He brought style to something, and a lot of young directors aren't there yet. A lot of people who have directed for long careers still don't have much style. So, I could tell that he had a style and that he understood production design and art direction. There was a lot of stuff about that first film that felt perfect to me.