Cillian Murphy set out to play Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, but his "electric" audition got him the role of Scarecrow instead. "When we had our first conversation I think both of ...
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 ...
Cillian Murphy is the star of one of the most anticipated movies of this summer, and one that’s among the least summer movie-y: Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, about the father of the atomic bomb. It ...
Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan’s working relationship started nearly 20 years ago when Murphy sought the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in Nolan’s “Batman Begins.” In a recent interview with ...
Christopher Nolan had Cillian Murphy audition for Batman though he knew Christian Bale would get the role. Nolan said he had studio executives watch Murphy's screen test to convince them to make him ...
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 ...
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 ...
To say that 2005's Batman Begins led to the Caped Crusader's renaissance in the live-action superhero film genre would be an understatement since it's due to director Christopher Nolan and star ...
New shots of Batman, the Batmobile, Bruce Wayne and Liam Neeson’s mysterious mentor character from Batman Begins highlight a Newsweek behind-the-scenes look at the film. Titled "Bat Out of Hell," the ...