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Robert Downey Jr. Recalls Meeting With Christopher Nolan Pitching Himself To Play Scarecrow In ‘Batman Begins’

Robert Downey Jr. recalls a meeting with Christopher Nolan about playing Scarecrow in 2005's Batman Begins.

Robert Downey Jr. recalls a meeting with Christopher Nolan about playing Scarecrow in 2005’s Batman Begins. In an interview with EW, Nolan said he had been reading about Murphy starring in 28 Days Later but after a screen test the actor said he didn’t feel like “Batman material.” Nolan continued, “All the previous Batman villains had been played by huge movie stars: Jack Nicholson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Carrey, that kind of thing.

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