Why did Nolan cast her in Batman Begins?

She never had the gravitas to pull off a big budget movie and the incredible thing is that SHE pulled out of doing the sequels on the advice of Tom Cruise and Scientology! LMAO, batman is the biggest movie franchise of all time and she thought herself better bahahahaha. Probably why she ended up hating Tom for destroying her career.

Some of us preferred Katie to Gyllenhaal.

In the kingdom of the blind, you're the village idiot.

Cruise. That's why.

I certainly did.

Why did she not return for The Dark Knight? I've read Nolan didn't like her but I think it was because of scheduling conflicts?

She's not a very good actress.

DID YOU SEE HER "PERFORMANCE" IN THE GIFT?

She's one of those actresses where anything I've seen her in I don't like her character at all or I don't care about her.