TDKR: Press Release Would Seem To Confirm Cillian Murphy Will Return As Scarecrow

A press release containing a media alert for the European premiere of The Dark Knight Rises announces the cast members attending, and guess who's name is among them?..

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By Mark "RorMachine" Cassidy - 6/29/2012
It has long been rumored that Cillian Murphy would reprise the role of Jonathan Crane (Scarecrow) in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. There were even a few (still unconfirmed) scene descriptions which detailed what part he may play in the proceedings. But the actor himself has remained tight lipped whenever he has been asked about it in interviews. Now it seems the evidence is pretty cut and dry - the cast members attending the European premiere of the movie are as follows..

Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Liam Neeson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine.



Since it's highly unlikely Murphy is just tagging along to hang out with his old pals from the previous movies, I think we can take this as confirmation that Dr. Crane will be back to give Bats grief in the threequel. But in what capacity? All signs point to a cameo appearance, but who knows. Would you guys like to see Scarecrow play a slightly larger role this time around?









Source: Via HeyUguys
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ClaireLannister2016 - 6/29/2012, 8:18 AM
Had a feeling he was in it
LucasMend - 6/29/2012, 8:23 AM
Liam Neeson :)
Tainted87 - 6/29/2012, 8:23 AM
Not surprising - he's the Nolanverse's Starscream. :)
transforminator - 6/29/2012, 8:24 AM
^hahaha what Tainted87 said...so true!!!
ABLEE337 - 6/29/2012, 8:28 AM
@ Tainted87

LOL!!!
Dang it!! He deserves better than that. He's one of Batman's best villain.
Zorrgoth - 6/29/2012, 8:29 AM
Probably Batman is going to interrogate him since he had involvement with the League of Shadows in the first one. He may or may not dawn the mask. I doubt he will even if he is in the movie.
Jolt17 - 6/29/2012, 8:31 AM
Good, good. I think that old rumor where he'll be a judge in an underground court (or whatever it is) was pretty cool, so hopefully that's true.
imnotwearinghockeypants - 6/29/2012, 8:33 AM
Nolan's got a bromance with Murphy.
marvel72 - 6/29/2012, 8:40 AM
scarecrow is my favorite of the nolan villains.
R888 - 6/29/2012, 8:42 AM
YES YES YES YES YES
Ranger14 - 6/29/2012, 8:42 AM
"nolan makes hime wear the shitest costumes i have erm.... ever seen"

I never understood the logic that a Luchador mask looks corny (yet it is a recognizable mask to millions of people...they gave away 15,000 Luchador masks at a Diamondbacks/Dodgers game a couple weeks ago) but a gunny sack over someone's head is realistic and doesn't look corny. It's okay...keep it consistent and make the villains look like they are supposed to. :-)
Jaywing - 6/29/2012, 8:42 AM
I have heard multiple rumors that the embargo on The Dark Knight Rises would be lifted today, June 29th to let a few reviews come through. Does anybody know if this is true? It'd be awesome to hear some early buzz on what some critics thought.
StrangerX - 6/29/2012, 8:42 AM
Cool!!!
Charliee13 - 6/29/2012, 8:45 AM
More scarecrow= win!
Tainted87 - 6/29/2012, 8:45 AM
Now see, if Harvey hadn't gone off the deep end and landed six feet under, we'd have the potential to see a bit of craziness from No Man's Land, mixed with Scarecrow. Imagine Scarecrow as the judge in a kangaroo court, with Two-Face prosecuting every cop held hostage in Gotham for failing to protect the city.
HelaGood - 6/29/2012, 8:46 AM
i hated how they dealt with him in TDK. glad he is returning.
forthesakeofnow - 6/29/2012, 8:46 AM
@Jolt17

yeah the rumour was

SPOILERS

that the scarecrow was judge in a court appointed by Bane to sentence rich gothamites to exile or death, the task being to walk across the ice covered river. this would then tie into set pics of batman and gordon on a frozen river. and the footage from the trailer the actor burn gorman being forced to sit in a large room when looks to be a makeshift court.

sounds amazing to me so i hope its all true
blvdnoise - 6/29/2012, 8:49 AM
blvdnoise - 6/29/2012, 8:49 AM
WINNING..
NotU - 6/29/2012, 8:50 AM
I hope that there are a shit-ton of cameos. even if there are brief moments during the jail break where a pudgy guy w/ a monacle waddles his way through a broken wall, or a muscle-bound guy overly tattooed to look like a crocodile (complete with split tongue).

this is our last chance to see a Nolan version of classic Bats rogues....

and he picked Zangief with a metal jock-strap on his face. FTL
Tainted87 - 6/29/2012, 8:53 AM
@NotU
Crocodiles don't have a split tongue.
dmadtroll - 6/29/2012, 8:55 AM
nolan-ites
nolan-verse
nolan-villain

nolan-brush
nolan-eyes
nolan-toons
nolan-film
nolan-characters
nolan-batversion
nolan-SHIT
nolan-CRAP


NOLAN-CULTS.

thumbs up xD lols
ISleepNow - 6/29/2012, 8:59 AM
"Bailiff, bring in the next defendant.." :€

@imnotwearinghockeypants Oh Tweet Tweet Tweet, pictures or it didnt happen.. :P
Mendenhall12 - 6/29/2012, 9:01 AM
LAIR!
NeoBaggins - 6/29/2012, 9:03 AM
"Buyer beware. I told you my compound would take you places. I never said they'd be places you wanted to go."
HarveyDent88 - 6/29/2012, 9:06 AM
YEAH!
marvel72 - 6/29/2012, 9:09 AM
@ helagood

i agree,he was great in batman begins but pretty shit in the dark knight.
95 - 6/29/2012, 9:13 AM
@Tainted87 • Two-Face as the prosecutor in Bane's kangaroo court would of been awesome!
ISleepNow - 6/29/2012, 9:13 AM
Marion: "Maybe I should just go powder my nose and let you two gentlemen be alone?"
NOLANITE - 6/29/2012, 9:18 AM
My man NOLAN is going all out on this one.
Bats is going to have his hands full.

Kyle's ass and tits.
A beating by Bane.
GCPD manhunt.
Broken bones.

Epic.
MJPETTY7 - 6/29/2012, 9:32 AM
"Would you like to see my mask?"
OnLeatherWings - 6/29/2012, 9:35 AM
I love that they have a reoccurring billion in these. Connects all the films perfectly
Zordan - 6/29/2012, 9:41 AM
and joker laugh cameo :D
xfan320 - 6/29/2012, 9:52 AM
I hope he ain't the only surprise appearance in the flick! IMO, he could tie in so many little references to major characters w/o diluting the story of TDKR ala Begins..


Nolan better go out with a bang and just destroy all doubts that people have in his Batman lore!
Jolt17 - 6/29/2012, 10:20 AM
forthesakeofnow: Thanks! Yeah, imagining that scene in my mind...it would be great. Not to forget that Murphy is perfect in the role, giving a chance to make it even better. Here's to hoping it's true.
figuresmaniac - 6/29/2012, 10:23 AM
Was hoping for a Joker cameo...
forthesakeofnow - 6/29/2012, 10:38 AM
@Jolt17

no probs, im trying to find the clip in the trailer
IcemanX - 6/29/2012, 10:44 AM
thank you cbm.com, thats a spoiler and you put it on the main page, the same with the wolverine cameo in first class, you ruin the surprise effect! pleeeease dont write spoilers in the headline!!!!!
Scabsallover - 6/29/2012, 11:45 AM
@tainted87

You may be on to something bro.
thewonderer - 6/29/2012, 11:58 AM
My only complaint of Nolans scarecrow is that we never got a full on visual mental scene of Bruce. You know like in Arkham Asylum? That was creepy as [frick]. I would have loved to see some inside the mind hallucination.

Now, whats the problem with the design? The TAS design for Scarecrow was beyond horrible. I thought this was effectively creepy and strange.
Mucklefluga - 6/29/2012, 12:25 PM
Cillian Murphy is AWESOME as scarecrow :D
hope420 - 6/29/2012, 12:38 PM
Hopefully we get more then a quick cameo like in TDK! I enjoyed The Scarecrow I wanted to see more of him!
Durf - 6/29/2012, 12:53 PM
If this is true, I am [frick]ing happy as shit! I love Murphy as Scarecrow, the most underrated of the Nolan villains(at least for the general public). Hell yeah!
kelvintoogood - 6/29/2012, 12:56 PM
Gary Oldman not attending? Easily best actor in the past films, out acts everyone in the scenes.
PeterParker1991 - 6/29/2012, 1:00 PM
Batman Begins had the best interpretation of Scarecrow/Crane. It was a nice surprise seeing him briefly in TDK working with the mob. Honestly I think I'd be a little disappointed if he didn't appear in TDKR, so this is good news
thewonderer - 6/29/2012, 1:13 PM
lol best line in any CBM ever

Batman: I DON'T NEED HELP!

Scarecrow: Not in my diagnosis
Durf - 6/29/2012, 1:18 PM
@thewonderer: lol, for sure. I love that line
NotU - 6/29/2012, 1:34 PM
@tainted

you know the look I was talking about .......

Speak4yourself - 6/29/2012, 1:47 PM
If Scarecrow will return, I would like to see more of the visual effects of the fear toxin. Bit disappointed we didn't see this in his cameo from TDK.
Vital - 6/29/2012, 1:53 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if the fear toxin was discussed again in the film.
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