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Cillian Murphy as Batman screen test


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h7EQphYhAA

Bale, Cillian, and some other guy for batman .. plus theres Hathaway for catwoman, Hardy for Bane tc

And in the background Amy Adams is reading Rachel with Bale and Murphy. Maybe shed have been better as Rachel and Katie Holmes could've been Lois in MoS

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That would have been better casting.

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As much as I like Cillian Murphy, I didn't buy him as Batman in that screen test

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First time seeing Cillian Murphy's screentest I was so confused with even them considering him. Now years later watching him in Peaky Blinders I can definitely see him working as Bruce in his own way. Especially his whispery style voice. Would have been way better than Bale's.

I still consider Batman Begins to be Bale's best Bruce film. He just didn't do it for me much in the sequels as the villains took over as leads it felt like.

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That bat suit is so much better than the one that appears in the movie.

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