Christoper Nolan originally wanted Heath Ledger to play Batman...

[jwinfield]

That Jack I warned him was misconstrued. It was about popping sleeping pills because Jack almost crashed his whip off of a Cali highway fukking with those. And Heath had a long history with drugs, heroin, cocaine, pills. it's why Michelle Williams left him. All of that shyt was said to sell tix

Yup.

 

[jwinfield]

That Jack I warned him was misconstrued. It was about popping sleeping pills because Jack almost crashed his whip off of a Cali highway fukking with those. And Heath had a long history with drugs, heroin, cocaine, pills. it's why Michelle Williams left him. All of that shyt was said to sell tix

Yup.

There was an interview where Heath talked about popping 2 or 3 ambien and still being

 

[Tom]

Its good that he never got the role because the third batman film in the trilogy woulda been a different n1gga

 

[Box Cutta]

That Jack I warned him was misconstrued. It was about popping sleeping pills because Jack almost crashed his whip off of a Cali highway fukking with those. And Heath had a long history with drugs, heroin, cocaine, pills. it's why Michelle Williams left him. All of that shyt was said to sell tix

Heh, thanks for the heads up breh.

Yeah, I thought it was more myth then fact but ya gotta tell the legend....

 

[Box Cutta]

Its good that he never got the role because the third batman film in the trilogy woulda been a different n1gga

What if the next Batman was being played by :

Spoiler

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

I always read Nolan say he knew he wanted Bale, but had to test other actors for the studio.


Here is the interview

Was there some key moment during the casting where you knew that Christian Bale was right for the role?

Christian was actually the first actor I met for the role. But given the stakes, the studio was always going to need me to put together a group of actors to be screen-tested. And we got the old costume out and shot the tests and Christian just owned it in a way that was very close to the conception that we were putting together in the script. In terms of the potential for rage that this character has, the axe that this character is carrying with him, he was able to project that very well in his test and have that underlie not only Batman but also Bruce Wayne the playboy. There’s a darkness that the character has been infused with by tragedy at an early age, and it’s the engine that drives everything that he does.

 

[Swiggy]

If Bale did the Joker, he'd be more of the traditional type, which would have been ok with me. Far more murderous, tho. It would even have been traditional enough to warrant a Harley Quinn

 

[AMcV'88]

Now that I think about it, Bale might have been a decent Joker

could see Bale being more of a Two-Face.
also, guy who plays Rothstein on Boardwalk Empire seems like he could probably do a decent turn as the Riddler.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Bale would've played an excellent Joker

you look like ..

 

[wire28]

Bale would have played an excellent Penguin.

 

[Danie84]

He would've had kilt it too.

Such a promising career.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Roseanne Barr would have played an excellent Penguin.