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Cillian Murphy opens up about losing Batman role to Christian Bale; says it was for the best
Oppenheimer actor Cillian Murphy recently opened up about losing the Batman role of Christian Bale, in the highly celebrated The Dark Knight trilogy helmed by Christopher Nolan.
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Cillian Murphy opened up about losing Batman's role to Christian Bale in The Dark Knight trilogy
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The actor, who played the role of Scarecrow in the film, stated that it was for the best
Cillian Murphy, the talented actor is finally getting the much-deserved love and recognition, for his stellar performance in the recently released film Oppenheimer. The autobiographical thriller, which is helmed by master craftsman Christopher Nolan, is now receiving immensely positive reviews from both the audiences and critics. Cillian Murphy played the titular character Robert J Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who is considered the father of the atomic bomb in the film, which marked his sixth onscreen collaboration with director Christopher Nolan.
Cillian Murphy opens up about losing the Batman role to Christian Bale
As you may know, Cillian Murphy rose to fame mainly with his brilliant performances in negative and supporting roles, and occasional lead roles. The talented actor played the lead antagonist Scarecrow aka Dr. Jonathan Crane in Batman Begins, the first installment of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy. Murphy's nuanced performance as the corrupted psychopharmacologist won the hearts of audiences. He later reprised the role in the next two installments of the franchise. But not many know that Cillian Murphy original audition to play Batman, in the superhero trilogy.
In his recent chat with GQ Magazine UK, Cillian Murphy opened up about losing the role of Batman to Academy Award-winning actor Christian Bale and stated that it was for the best. "I think it was for the best because we got Christian Bale’s performance, which is a stunning interpretation of that role. I never considered myself the right physical specimen for the role of Batman. To me, it was always going to be Christian Bale," said the actor, who heaped praise on his co-star Bale. 
When Christopher Nolan opened up about Cillian Murphy's Batman audition
Earlier in an interview, director Christopher Nolan opened up about Cillian Murphy's audition for the role of Batman and revealed why he chose to cast Christian Bale instead. "When we had our first conversation, both of us knew that Cillian was not going to wind up playing Batman. But I really wanted to get on set with him and I wanted to get him on the film. We did two scenes — there was a Bruce Wayne scene and a Batman scene — and I made sure that executives came down and watched what you were doing on set," explained the director.
"Everybody was so excited by watching him perform that when I then said to them, ‘Okay, Christian Bale is Batman, but what about Cillian Murphy to play Scarecrow?’ There was no dissent. All the previous Batman villains had been played by huge movie stars. That was a big leap for them and it really was purely on the basis of that test. So that’s how Cillian got to play Scarecrow," concluded Christopher Nolan.
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