Robert Downey Jr. recalls a meeting withChristopher Nolanabout playing Scarecrow in 2005sBatman Begins.

He apparently met w/Nolan for SCARECROW for Batman Begins only to be beat out by Cillian Murphy.

Nola recently recalled why he cast Murphy as the villain instead of the titular character inBatman Begins.

Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow in ‘Batman Begins’

Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow in ‘Batman Begins’Presley Ann / Getty Images / Warner Brothers / Courtesy Everett Collection

there was no dissent.

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.

Gwyneth Paltrow