Gary Oldman Felt Christopher Nolan Started a Trend of British Actors Playing Superheroes

There’s been a recent trend as of late where many Marvel and DC characters have been portrayed by British Actors. Gary Oldman believe that filmmaker Christopher Nolan was the genesis of this trend.

Christian Bale was once hesitant to use his real accent in interviews about ‘Batman Begins’

Gary Oldman at Oscars screening.
Gary Oldman | Alberto Pezzali-Pool/Getty Images

For the most part, Batman has been mostly played by American actors both in live action and animation. Bale was the first live-action English actor to portray the caped crusader in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins. He initially became interested after being given a Batman comic. From there, he asked his agent to keep an eye out on any potential news regarding a Batman movie.

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