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Robert Downey Jr. Nearly Played a Famous Batman Villain
As it turns out, the Marvel Cinematic Universe star almost played Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow — a role that would go to Cillian Murphy in Batman Begins.
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Cillian Murphy 'Knew' He Was Wrong for Batman Role After Audition: I'm Not 'the Physical Specimen'
Cillian Murphy first worked with his 'Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan on 2005's 'Batman Begins' Tommy McArdle is a writer-reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE. Tommy joined PEOPLE in 2022.