Given so much time has passed, most of the “what if” legends of most superhero films are out there already. For Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins,” we all know that Cillian Murphy lost out to Christian Bale for the Batman role.
Still, the filmmaker was so intrigued that he cast him as Scarecrow instead, and that was the start of a beautiful acting collaboration that peaked with “Oppenheimer.” We also know Jake Gyllenhaal was up for Batman, Gary Oldman was up for Scarecrow (and took Jim Gordon instead), and Josh Hartnett was another actor up for Batman, too.
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