While rumors have linked him to the role for years, actor Brad Dourif says he was never approached about playing the Scarecrow in Tim Burton’s Batman Forever.
While Tim Burton was set to make a third movie following Batman Returns, the studio soon got cold feet.
They decided to go in a lighter direction for Batman Forever, so Burton departed the project.
Rumors also suggest Burton really wanted to use Scarecrow, and he had Brad Dourif in mind.