When Christian Bale auditioned for the role of Batman in Christopher Nolan‘s 2005 reboot, “Batman Begins,” he did it wearing Val Kilmer’s old batsuit, according to a new documentary about the films set to be released with “The Dark Knight Trilogy: The Ultimate Collector’s Edition” Blu-ray package on Tuesday.
In fact, all the actors who tested for Batman did so in Kilmer’s suit, from his one-time turn as Gotham’s billionaire hero in 1995’s “Batman Forever.” Apparently, George Clooney‘s nipple-tastic uniform from “Batman & Robin” was at the dry cleaners.
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Batman News posted a clip from the 76-minute documentary that shows Bale acting opposite Amy Adams, who read for the role of “Rachel” that eventually went to Katie Holmes as a favor to the casting director.