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Christopher Nolan knew he wanted to work with Cillian Murphy the moment he laid eyes on him.
I saw a picture of you with your shaved head and your crazy eyesno offense.
It was clear to me from the beginning that I wasnt Batman material, Murphy said.
It felt to me that it was correct and right that it should be Christian Bale for that part.
But Nolan used the Batman screen test to convince the studio to let Murphy play the Scarecrow.
That was a big leap for them and it really was purely on the basis of that test.
So thats how you got to play Scarecrow.
