However, DC's current Fear State event sees Crane upping the ante with a much more efficient means that Batman might not be able to stop as easily (or at all). The first film of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, Batman Begins saw Christian Bale's Batman going up against the combined forces of Liam Neeson's Ra's al Ghul and Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow as they planned to terrify Gotham into tearing itself apart using Crane's fear toxins. In DC's Batman, Jonathan Crane's Scarecrow is planning to use a bigger and better version of the 'fear bomb' he used in Batman Begins.