While Adam West wasn’t facing life or death trials on a daily basis like his Batman character, that didn’t mean that starring in a superhero series was easy work.

“It is a very active show,” said West of the ABC series during an interview with the Liverpool Echo.

While plenty of shows earned praise for their dialogue, the appeal of Batman lay in its action scenes. Is a superhero series worth watching if you don’t get to see the heroes kick butt by the end of an episode?

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However, the continuous action scenes required extra effort and shooting time to get the perfect scene.

“The trouble with producing and directing Batman is just one thing,” said one of the show's directors, Bill Graham. “These trick shots. We have only a few minutes of dialogue, and then there is an action - often a trick shot to be done. That holds everything up, again and again.”

Not only did action sequences require the Batman crew to go the extra mile, but they also asked quite a bit of West, physically.

“That’s one of the snags, too,” said Graham. “Adam is the one and only Batman, so he has to be in pretty near every shot. It’s an exhausting run for him.”

West took the extra challenges in stride, working hard to stay in shape so that he could star as the Caped Crusader for as long as possible.

“As long as I am active,” said West. “That’s the answer for me. I go skiing, then I drive down from the snow, and maybe go for a swim. I go rock-climbing whenever I can, on and on. That makes the work possible. Sort of changing directions all the time prevents one from serizing up, from becoming overloaded.”