Jeremy Irons was considered for the voice of Ignitus

[AceArcher5532]

Wow. But here is a fact for you.

Both Voices have been in a Batman related movie
Irons as Alfred in Batman v Superman DoJ
and Oldman as Commissioner Gordan in the Dark Knight Trilogy

So either way Spyro has a connection to Batman.

I don't know if that is cool or not.