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Jake Gyllenhaal Almost Became Batman Before Christian Bale

While Christian Bale may have donned the mantle of Batman in director Christopher Nolan바카라s 바카라The Dark Knight trilogy바카라, it was not always going to be the case as actor Jake Gyllenhaal was considered to wear the batsuit in 바카라Batman Begins바카라, according to screenwriter David S. Goyer.

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While actor Christian Bale may have donned the mantle of Batman in director Christopher Nolan바카라s 바카라The Dark Knight trilogy바카라, it was not always going to be the case as actor Jake Gyllenhaal was considered to wear the batsuit in 바카라Batman Begins바카라, according to screenwriter David S. Goyer.

During an episode episode of the 바카라Happy Sad Confused바카라 podcast, Goyer, who helped develop the trilogy바카라s story and co-wrote Nolan바카라s first 바카라Batman바카라 film, said that after a number of people screen-tested for the part of the superhero바카라s alter-ego Bruce Wayne in the first film, he 바카라advocated for Gyllenhaal.바카라

바카라We would chat about all sorts of things. There were a number of people who had screen-tested, and I had advocated for Gyllenhaal,바카라 said Goyer. 바카라I mean, Gyllenhaal is amazing, Christian Bale is amazing, so who knows what,바카라 as per The Hollywood Reporter.

When host Josh Horowitz asked him if there바카라s any footage somewhere of Gyllenhaal auditioning in the Batman costume, the scribe said, 바카라I believe there is, yes".

As for other roles in Nolan바카라s trilogy, Goyer said: 바카라There were a couple of different candidates in the running for Ra바카라s Al Ghul,바카라 but that he voted for Liam Neeson because he 바카라was a little older.바카라 He said it made more sense with the story they were trying to tell regarding 바카라this paternal story about the shadow of his (Bruce바카라s) father.바카라

In 바카라The Batman Begins바카라, Japanese actor Ken Watanabe had portrayed the League of Assassins (renamed League of Shadows in the movie), though his role was revealed to be that of a decoy, with the actual Ra바카라as Al Ghul being Liam Neeson.

The Oscar-nominated actor at the time was fresh off his success with the film 바카라Brokeback Mountain바카라, a Western-gay-romance film where he starred alongside Heath Ledger who later ended up becoming the Joker in 바카라The Dark Knight바카라.

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