Cillian Murphy nearly played Batman in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" trilogy, screen testing for the role before it went to Christian Bale. While Murphy didn't land the superhero role ...

Robert Downey Jr.'s 'Oppenheimer' costar Cillian Murphy played the ... Murphy initially auditioned to play Batman himself ahead of Batman Begins. Murphy shared during a July 2023 appearance ...

Imagine a world where Cillian Murphy, not Christian Bale ... a.k.a. The Scarecrow, in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises. Talk about an unexpected pivot!

Cillian Murphy isn’t exactly the most well-known ... Like his bookish performance as the seemingly mundane Jonathan Crane in Batman Begins, Murphy can elicit a more subtle performance as the ...

Cillian Murphy: It's always paid off for me, you know, in every film that I worked with him on. There have been six Chris Nolan films for Murphy: "Dunkirk," "Inception" and three "Batman" titles.

Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan ... it’s about the emotional core each film carries. From Batman Begins to Inception to Oppenheimer, Murphy’s dedication to Nolan’s vision shines ...