For all our endless talk in recent months about how well new stars Aaron Eckhart and, especially, Heath Ledger would fit in with the rest of the Gotham city crowd, one thing we've never revisited is what we make of the original cast -- so beyond reproach, in our minds, are Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and the rest of the "Batman Begins" veterans.
But at least one of those now familiar faces was almost quite different, Oscar winner Chris Cooper revealed to MTV News, admitting that he was initially offered the role of Lt. James Gordon well before Gary Oldman took the reigns. Read more...

