Turns out, he was David S. Goyer’s preferred choice.
The Big Picture When the role of Batman becomes available, competition is always fierce and there's generally a whole host of big names linked with the role, bigger than the likes of Superman for sure. You only need to look at the list of names to have played the Dark Knight. Heck, even in the most recent DC outing to feature the character, The Flash, and three huge names — Michael Keaton, Ben Affleck and George Clooney — had played him in the same film.
The movie's screenwriter, David S. Goyer, has been speaking to Josh Horowitz on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast about the casting process for Nolan's Batman, revealing that it came down to Christian Bale and Gyllenhaal, with the screenwriter casting his vote for the latter but ultimately losing out to Nolan's choice of Bale.
Close, But No Cigar for Gyllenhaal Goyer then discussed that he and Nolan debated over casting Liam Neeson as the film's villain, Ra's Al-Ghul, against a younger actor before Goyer advocated for Neeson, citing the father/son connection that the older Neeson would bring as opposed to a contemporary of Christian Bale's at the time, before Horowitz jumped back to ask if Gyllenhaal had actually tested for the role of Bruce Wayne.
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