Although Robert Downey Jr. turned his back on the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) five years ago with Avengers 4: Endgame, his name is still firmly associated with the hugely successful franchise. He has been there since 2008 inventive Tony Stark to see him transform into the superhero Iron Man.
However, the story almost turned out completely differently. As Downey Jr. revealed at a screening of his latest hit, Oppenheimer, at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles over the weekend, he reached out to DC before Marvel. In Batman Begins he wanted that Villain Scarecrow play.
Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. wanted to play Scarecrow in Batman Begins
Batman Begins was released in 2005 with Christian Bale as the dark knight. Before filming began, Downey Jr. met with director Christopher Nolan to discuss the role of the antagonist. The actor quickly realized that he… has no chanceto face Batman as Scarecrow.
Downey Jr. tells (via Collider):
And then I remember meeting him for tea and I thought, ‘He doesn’t seem to be really committed to this interview. He was polite and all that, but you can tell when someone acts like that [das Gespräch] will lead nowhere.’
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The suspicion was confirmed: Downey Jr. didn’t get the role. Instead, Cillian Murphy took over the part Psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Crane He transformed into a sinister villain who looks like a horror scarecrow and develops a hallucinogen that terrifies Gotham City.
Robert Downey Jr. filmed with Christopher Nolan in Oppenheimer
Murphy also appeared in the sequels The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises as Scarecrow. Meanwhile, Downey Jr. tried his luck at Marvel and landed his Iron Man casting. For over a decade He was seen in Tony Stark’s superhero armor before his path would lead him back into the fold of Nolan.
Nolan is the director of Oppenheimer, in which Downey Jr. appears as the American politician Lewis Strauss. The title character, meanwhile, is played by Murphy. 18 years after Batman Begins, the three Hollywood stars still have it made a film together and were celebrated for their respective achievements.
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