Viggo Mortensen As Villain In 'Batman 5'?

[Friday, December 12th, 2003]
Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) has landed one of the two villain roles in Batman 5, according to Variety. He is reportedly going to be playing a smaller role as 'The Scarcrow' who only appears breifly in the opening of the movie.

The role of the "old business partner of Bruce Wayne's" who is said to be the immortal Ra's Al-Ghul is still in contention.

Chris Cooper name was in the ring but Michael Caine told Sci Fi Wire that director Chritopher Nolan is looking to cast Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn, Lord of the Rings) as the villain in the upcoming Batman 5 movie. Caine who plays Alfred the butler in the movie wouldnt say who Mortensen would play if cast.

Caine said Nolan's Batman script creates a deeper role for Alfred than previous films. "We start when Batman is a baby, so I'm more like a father," Caine said in an interview. "I'm a father who knows how to lay a table with the knives and forks in the right places."

Caine said he spoke with Nolan for three hours about his vision for the film, which included some similarities with and some variations on the previously established Batman canon. "[Nolan] said, 'We're going to have a human hero in Batman. He's powerful because he does pushups. Where does he get all his weapons? Because he's a multibillionaire, and he's in the arms business, so he gets the secret weapons instantly. Why does he wear the bloody suit? To scare the s--t out of people, because he doesn't really want to fight.'"

Batman 5 is said to begin production in April 2004.

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