"Batman Begins" proved that Christopher Nolan could helm a blockbuster and Christian Bale could be the star. Between their first two trips to Gotham City, they took a detour and worked together on a more modest film, "The Prestige," about two dueling magicians in Victorian London. Bale played magician AlfredĀ Borden, opposite Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier.
One might think that since they'd already worked together, Nolan wrote the part with Bale in mind, but that wasn't the case. In fact, the...