Batman Begins | Behind-The-Scenes After becoming disillusioned by Gotham’s downward spiral, Wayne journeys to a remote monastery in the Himalayas, where he meets a martial-arts mentor, Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson), and a ninja contingent headed by the mysterious Ra’s al Ghul (Ken Watanabe). Some shots for these scenes were filmed on location in Iceland, while others were filmed onstage at Shepperton. “Chris and Nathan scouted Iceland before I came onto the production,” says Wally Pfister (the cine

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Batman Begins | Behind-The-Scenes Bale only had six months in between “The Machinist” and the start of production on Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins” to bulk up for his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman. The actor ended up putting on 100 pounds. “I would do splits, every day focusing on a different muscle group,” Bale told Train Magazine. “I would do three sets of 10 to eight, depending on what I was working on.” “I stuffed myself after The Machinist. My first screen test for Batman Begins was a mon