Batman Begins - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Batman Begins or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Batman Begins

[melinda]

Since Alfred's sense of duty and loyalty towards Bruce Wayne reminded him of military comradeship, Sir Michael Caine based his character's voice on that of a Colonel he knew when he was in the Army as an eighteen-year-old.

[addison]

The National Institute of Medical Research, which is based in Mill Hill, England, was used for the outside shots and images of Arkham Asylum.

[carla]

Lana Wachowski (formerly Larry) and Lilly Wachowski (formerly Andy) were approached to direct, and even wrote their own treatment based on Frank Miller's graphic novel "Batman: Year One", but turned down the offer and made The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003) instead.

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Only a few days before the role of Batman was cast, eight actors were asked to audition for the part. They were Christian Bale, Joshua Jackson, Eion Bailey, Hugh Dancy, Billy Crudup, Cillian Murphy, Henry Cavill, and Jake Gyllenhaal. David Duchovny was once again considered to play the part of Bruce Wayne/Batman since he was considered for the latest movie which was Batman & Robin (1997). While Bale won the part, Christopher Nolan liked Murphy's audition so much, he cast him as Dr. Jonathan Crane a.k.a. The Scarecrow. Part of the audition process involved the actors wearing a Batman suit (minus the cape which has been missing for some time) used by Val Kilmer in Batman Forever (1995), which was brought out of storage for this purpose.

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Unlike most characters in the movie, Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes) doesn't exist in any DC Comics' series. She was created by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. The role was written expressly for Katie Holmes, with Claire Danes and Reese Witherspoon as back-up considerations.

[jeffrey]

(At around one hour and thirty-five minutes) Batman rescues Rachel Dawes, and is evading the police with the Batmobile/Tumbler on I-17 in Gotham City. The city and highway fictitiously exist on the eastern seaboard of the United States. The real I-17 is one hundred forty-six miles long, and exists entirely in the state of Arizona, linking Phoenix to Flagstaff.

[sophie]

Hans Zimmer named the tracks in the soundtrack after types of Bats. The first letters of tracks 4-9 in the soundtrack, spell "BATMAN". ("Barbastella", "Artibeus", "Tadarida", "Macrotus", "Antrozous" and "Nycteris")

[chris]

Marilyn Manson, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, and Jeremy Davies were considered for the role of Dr. Jonathan Crane a.k.a. The Scarecrow.

[ivan]

Christian Bale and Jack Gleeson appeared in Reign of Fire (2002).

[nina]

(At around fifty-seven minutes) When Bruce Wayne test drives the Tumbler in a huge white room that is the interior of the Excel Exhibition Centre in East London. The separating walls have been pulled back to allow the Tumbler to drive around, but you can still see the hall numbers as they drive by them (N4, N5, et cetera).

[cameron]

John Nolan: (At around one hour and forty-five minutes) the uncle of Christopher Nolan plays the birthday party guest who tells Bruce Wayne that "the apple has fallen very far from the tree."

[russell]

Christian Bale was the first actor to meet with writer and director Christopher Nolan about playing Batman.

[jessica]

The license plates for the Gotham related cars were designed in the same style as the Illinois license plates. This was done to stay consistent with other vehicle license plates while filming the car chases in Chicago.

[morris]

Batman's journey to Tibet, and his ninja training, were elements introduced into the comic book by Writer James Owsley in Batman #431 (March, 1989). Series Editor Denny O'Neil made the issue part of the Batman Writers Bible that he would hand out to each new writer on the series, thus confirming the story's place in canon.

[lynn]

The writers considered having Harvey Dent in this movie, but inserting him would have been too unwieldy.

[phyllis]

This is the first Batman movie in which the name of Bruce Wayne (Batman) is not changed for the Spanish version to Bruno Díaz. The name Bruno Díaz has been used for the Latin American audience since the early Batman Comics that come to South America back in the 50s.

[steve]

Josh Hartnett turned down the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman.

[toni]

Christian Bale had read some of the graphic novels long before he played Batman. He said that in 2000, a friend lent him a copy of the graphic novel "Arkham Asylum," which he thoroughly enjoyed, and made him wonder why that version of Batman hadn't been portrayed on-screen. In preparing for the role, Bale said he made a conscious effort to avoid watching the performances of previous Batman actors, so he could approach the character from a fresh perspective.

[claude]

A pair of Batman pajama bottoms can be seen hanging from the line in the scene where Batman talks to the little boy in the Narrows.