Gary Oldman thinks he might’ve been eyed for the role of Scarecrow prior to being cast as Jim Gordon in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins. Speaking with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast ...

It's no secret that Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy auditioned for the title role in 2005's Batman Begins, and while Christian Bale was ultimately chosen to play the Dark Knight, the Irish actor still ...

Christopher Nolan didn’t seem impressed by his pitch. Downey went on to say that he met with Nolan to discuss the part. “I remember meeting for tea, and I was like, ‘He doesn’t seem like he’s really ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Warner Bros.) Robert Downey Jr. still remembers his unsuccessful attempt to play the Scarecrow in 2005’s Batman ...

Batman Begins writer David Goyer and actor Cillian Murphy (who plays Dr. Jonathan Crane, the Scarecrow) were on hand at Comic-Con to talk about the upcoming film. Here's some highlights: Warner Bros.

Robert Downey Jr.'s 'Oppenheimer' costar Cillian Murphy played the villain Scarecrow across Christopher Nolan's three Batman movies Tommy McArdle is a Writer-Reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He ...

Robert Downey Jr. recalls a meeting with Christopher Nolan about playing Scarecrow in 2005’s Batman Begins. The actor made the comments during a Q&A with the audience following a screening of ...

Robert Downey Jr. revealed during a career retrospective interview at Los Angeles’ American Cinematheque theater that he originally met Christopher Nolan ahead of “Batman Begins” to discuss the ...

In Batman Begins (2005), Dr. Jonathan Crane, aka Scarecrow, is portrayed by Cillian Murphy and is the first villain the Bat takes on. Crane merges psychological horror as a real-world menace as a ...

Shane Romanchick is a TV and Movie News author for Collider. He also runs his own blog Entershanement Reviews where he writes about and reviews the latest movies. He graduated from Regis College in ...

"With a chilling mask and a twisted sense of justice, he embodies the psychological terror that plagues Gotham. Masterfully crafted based on the screen appearance of ...

Batman Begins could have had a very different take on its villain. Following a screening of Oppenheimer at the Aero Theater in Los Angeles last weekend, Robert Downey Jr. revealed that he lobbied ...