
When he got up, he saw a figure approaching him in the darkness: a giant bat. Bruce took the red book and ran out into a powerful storm, during which he fell into a centuries old cave. Out of grief, he visited his father's office and noticed a red book lying on the desk. On the night of his parents' wake, the priest's words gave the distraught Bruce no comfort. Their violent deaths of Bruce's parents fractured his psyche.īruce finding the future Batcave as a child. The gunman shot down both his mother and father for no reason right in front of him. At the age of eight, he witnessed his parents being mugged by a lone "maniac" in the dark while returning home from a night at the cinema. Freezeīruce Wayne grew up in Wayne Manor under the care of both parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, and their butler, Alfred Pennyworth. This entire piece is dedicated to Eion Bailey, who was too Paul Rudd for his own good.

You'll also see a few "Let's see how this cape looks with the wind machine blasting" shots, just to make sure that when Batman perches himself on a gargoyle, to look longingly out over the crooked grimy city that utterly ruined his entire life, his flappa-flappa game is on point. Ra's is full of trickery and that includes his Ranger Rick tips. Right before he totally lies to Bruce about warming your chest first when you're freezing. As the clips go on, you'll see Anne Hathaway's test for Selina Kyle, Tom Hardy being molded by the darkness as Bane, and Liam Neeson minding his surroundings as Ra's al Ghul. Here, take a look at the Dark Knight Trilogy screen tests.

This cross between Joe Cocker, Harvey Fierstein, and a broken garbage disposal.

As an extra treat, Murphy and fellow tester/non-role getter Eion Bailey (Incel #3 in Fight Club), also take a stab at the Batman growl, solidifying the fact that this was Christopher Nolan's design all along. Which is understandable, because if one "swears to me" all day long they're going to be coughing up blood by bedtime. You'll also hear Bale test out his raucous, larynx-destroying "SWEAR TO ME!" voice, though it's a bit toned down here compared to the final film. Within this Caped Crusader collage hides a rogue's gallery of gems - from Christian Bale donning Val Kilmer's non-nipply "Sonar" batsuit from Batman Forever (sorry, bat-teat enthusiasts) to Cillian Murphy, who wound up playing Scarecrow in Batman Begins, testing for Bruce Wayne/Batbrain himself.

With superhero movies like Black Widow and Wonder Woman 1984 now postponed, along with every other form of entertainment that involves more than just sitting on a stool and staring menacingly into the middle distance, here's a fun collection of shots and scenes pieced together from the screen tests for the Dark Knight Trilogy.
