Cillian Murphy's Batman audition is going viral again thanks to Oppenheimer

Cillian Murphy as Batman
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Cillian Murphy's screen♔ test for Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins is making the rounds on the Internet again – all thanks to Oppenheimer, of course.

The full clip, which you can watch , sees Murphy both in the suit and as Bruce Wayne. His Batman voice is in a similar, husky tone to Bale's, but some fans have gone out of their way to Murphy's better. Either way, there were many opinions.

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"Murphy I think would have be🌠en more in the vein of Michael Keaton I think. A more unconventional take on Bruce," another.

"His Batman feels very🏅 Conroy-esque to me, which is really great and the ideal for me, but also not what Nolan would want," someone else .

Maꦯny concluded that Murphy could haꦛve been a good Batman, but that he was an incredibly terrifying Scarecrow – and was better suited for the villain role. Both Murphy and Nolan agree.

"When we had our first conversation I think both of us knew🎉 that you weren’t going to wind up playing Batman," Nolan said in a conversation with both Murphy and . "But I really wanted to get on set with you, I wanted to get you on film. We did those screen tests very elaborately, on 35mm, with a little set. There was just an elect🐲ric atmosphere in the crew when you started to perform."

"We got Christian Bale's performance𒐪, which is a stunning interpretation of that role," Murphy recently told . "I never considered myself as the꧒ right physical specimen for Batman. To me, it was always going to be Christian Bale."

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