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Some of these might have been to avoid blatant racial stereotypes, particularly with Tilda Swinton and Liam Neeson. Johnny Depp, not so much.
Well Liam Neeson being white was explicitly part of the story and a play a play on blatant racial stereotypes, he had an asian stand in who "looked like" ras al ghul would so he could hide his identity. In fact because it's a rather "realistic" take on the superhero it's implied that Ras Al Ghul is not a single person, it's always just a cover for the current leader of the league of shadows or whatever they are called