whats the nutshell synopsis of his part in Batman: Under the Red Hood?
Jason Isaacs: This role is a bit unusual for Ra’s al Ghul as he’s been Batman’s nemesis a lot in the past. But this time he is actually full of regret for a mistake that he has made, and his inability to control the Joker. A lot of what happens for Ra’s in this story is him explaining to Batman how things went so badly awry, and how Robin ended up quite so dead. Liam Neeson set a standard for Ra’s in Batman Begins. How did you decide to approach the voice for this film? Jason Isaacs: Well, I didn’t think there was much point to doing an impression of Liam, mostly because he does it far better than me (he laughs). So I read the script and I looked at the pictures. He looked like a man with a lot of dignity and authority – there’s a kind of stateliness about him. He’s been alive for six centuries, which would give him a certain classiness, I thought. Obviously he’s been powerful all that time, and certainly possessed tons of wealth and influence. So I tried to put all of that into the to
