The Dark Knight Rises Bane

[ALP]

Really? Now a twisted urban take on Snow White. Jesus, this is all Tim Burton's fault. They will probably cast Johnny Depp as Snow White

 

[Lungrocket]

All that means is that the MTV reporter assumes Hardy is playing the villain, and that Bale knows absolutely nothing about the next film.

He knew enough to know Hardy was in the film. Bale watched both Inception and Bronson...called him a "balls out actor".

You don't make a fuss out of an actor playing a small Engel type role. You just don't.

And Bale told one of the interviewers, that he knows a little, but not as much as most people might think he knows.

I'm sure he knows who Hardy is playing.

 

[Mister H.]

Really? Now a twisted urban take on Snow White. Jesus, this is all Tim Burton's fault. They will probably cast Johnny Depp as Snow White

 

[Mister H.]

I think we have a case of paralysis by analysis going on with some of the fans. Tom Hardy in an Anthony Michael Hall-type role? Nah. He's an in-demand, quality actor who Chris Nolan has cast for a second time now. He's a major character, and most major characters in Batman films, other than Batman himself, are villains.

 

[Brother Jack]

Yes, in all probability he's playing a villain. The question is really what villain he's playing, or even what type of villain he's playing.

 

[Lungrocket]

Yes, in all probability he's playing a villain. The question is really what villain he's playing, or even what type of villain he's playing.

Well it sounds like he has to get in shape for whatever role he is playing. But that could still be anyone.

Hugo. Buff.

Deacon. Buff.

Bane. Buff.

KGBeast. Buff.

Deadshot?

Azrael?

The Reaper?

 

[Solidus]

I still guess Bane though, all of them are buff, most comic characters are though. but I could see him getting into Bronson size again. Give him a challenge.

 

[The Demon's Head]

When you name your movie "The Dark Knight Rises", the story needs to justify it. The stakes need to equal, if not top TDK's. The story needs to be epic in scope, and the villain needs to provide a legitimate challenge to Batman. Put simply, some serious **** needs to happen in this movie so Batman can "Rise" as the city's hero.

At this point, I'm hoping for either Bane or Hugo Strange. I wouldn't mind Black Mask, but I don't think he can challenge Batman like those two. Bane makes sense to me because he's the one that broke Batman. He didn't only break his back, he was portrayed as a master strategist who unleashed all of Arkham's inmates on the city, exhausting him and breaking his spirits. He's the type of villain that can redeem Batman in the eyes of Gotham's citizens.

On the other hand, Hugo Strange makes sense to me because he's the type of villain that can screw with Batman's head, and get under his skin. As he's shown us in both BB and TDK, these are the type of villains that Nolan loves to use. Plus, he would bring back the focuse towards Bruce Wayne, his motivations, and the inner workings of Batman's head in general.

 

[craigdbfan]

Don't see why both Strange and Bane can't be in it or maybe Nolan might be combining the two characters and might just call him Bane?

Who knows right? All speculation at this point but I don't see why we can't see both of them in the film I'll give the Nolan's and Goyer the benefit of the doubt and say they are skilled enough to somehow knit these characters into the existing story.

 

[Gianakin_]

The only thing that isn't speculation is the difference between Hardy's and AMH's status.

 

[The Englishman]

No disrespect to Anthony Michael Hall, but Hardy isn't a tv actor.

Between one of the leads in THIS MEANS WAR (with Chris Pine and Reese Witherspoon) to upcoming MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (with Charlize Theron) Hardy's star is about to explode and he will soon be an A LISTER. You don't cast him as Mike Engel.

Besides, the MTV reporter asked Bale what he thought of Hardy playing his opponent, to which Bale said "sounds good."

Hardy is pretty much going to be one of the villains.

Well actually ive seen him a few times in TV roles so dont come out with statements like if you havent got a clue...

 

[Keyser Soze]

Well actually ive seen him a few times in TV roles so dont come out with statements like if you havent got a clue...

Yeah, as recently as a year ago Tom Hardy was still best known as a great British TV actor. Indeed, the last thing I can remember him doing before Inception was a televised adaptation of Wuthering Heights, with him playing Heathcliff and Andrew Lincoln from The Walking Dead as Edgar Linton.

 

[Lungrocket]

Well actually ive seen him a few times in TV roles so dont come out with statements like if you havent got a clue...

I have got a clue. He mainly does feature films. And people are hanging on all the wrong details about the damn point.

Anthony Michael Hall IS NOT A BIG ACTOR WHO'S STAR IS ON THE RISE, infact it faded.... TV is usually where actors go once they cool off and they stop getting the big pay-days and they are not considered relevant anymore. Its as simple as that.

It's not a reflection on the performer. That's just how it is. And TV these days is better than most features. But they go there to reinvent themselves.

TOM HARDY isn't in the same place he was a few years ago. HALL USED TO BE A FILM ACTOR, but now he does tv. To think they are both on the same level to get the same type of roles is hilarious.

 

[Mister H.]

I have got a clue. He mainly does feature films. And people are hanging on all the wrong details about the damn point.

Anthony Michael Hall IS NOT A BIG ACTOR WHO'S STAR IS ON THE RISE, infact it faded.... TV is usually where actors go once they cool off and they stop getting the big pay-days and they are not considered relevant anymore. Its as simple as that.

It's not a reflection on the performer. That's just how it is. And TV these days is better than most features. But they go there to reinvent themselves.

TOM HARDY isn't in the same place he was a few years ago. HALL USED TO BE A FILM ACTOR, but now he does tv. To think they are both on the same level to get the same type of roles is hilarious.

Yes, it is. That's the thing about the Hype, you can always find somebody that wants to argue, no matter how cut-and-dry a conversation should be.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Yes, it is. That's the thing about the Hype, you can always find somebody that wants to argue, no matter how cut-and-dry a conversation should be.

Agreed. I'm a fan of Anthony Michael Hall, but it's not a slight on him to say that, right now, Tom Hardy is a hotter property, involved in bigger films, and that he's more likely to get a major role in a Batman movie than AMH is.

 

[TheFuture]

Are you seriously having this argument lads? Bronson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anything that Hall has ever done.

 

[itsthebatman]

Yeah, as recently as a year ago Tom Hardy was still best known as a great British TV actor. Indeed, the last thing I can remember him doing before Inception was a televised adaptation of Wuthering Heights, with him playing Heathcliff and Andrew Lincoln from This Life as Edgar Linton.

Fixed. For those of us of a certain vintage, Andrew Lincoln will always be Egg.
Not that The Walking Dead isn't great, of course.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Fixed. For those of us of a certain vintage, Andrew Lincoln will always be Egg.
Not that The Walking Dead isn't great, of course.

I'm more inclined to think of him as Simon from Teachers, which might give a hint of my lesser vintage.

 

[The Englishman]

I'm more inclined to think of him as Simon from Teachers, which might give a hint of my lesser vintage.

You beat me too it i loved him as Simon, i was gutted when he left Teachers...t:

 

[antsman41]

Where can one watch Teachers?

 

[namtaB]

TV is usually where actors go once they cool off and they stop getting the big pay-days and they are not considered relevant anymore. Its as simple as that.

It's not a reflection on the performer. That's just how it is. And TV these days is better than most features. But they go there to reinvent themselves.

TOM HARDY isn't in the same place he was a few years ago. HALL USED TO BE A FILM ACTOR, but now he does tv. To think they are both on the same level to get the same type of roles is hilarious.

Hardy used to be a film actor as well. One of his first roles was Twombly in Black Hawk Down. Then he got a bunch of tv roles. Only now has he been back on the Big Screen with Inception.

But that type of career trend is rare.

 

[The Englishman]

Hardy used to be a film actor as well. One of his first roles was Twombly in Black Hawk Down. Then he got a bunch of tv roles. Only now has he been back on the Big Screen with Inception.

But that type of career trend is rare.

Yes but his 1st role was in Band of Brothers which was on TV.....

 

[Figs]

Where can one watch Teachers?

At a school... t:

 

[American_Idiot]

With all this gossip of Hardy as Hugo Strange, I decided to do a quip manip.

It was actually easier than I thought. He portrayed a character not to far off from Strange (looks-wise). I took away the 'stache, added Strange's notorious chinstrap (taken from another picture of Hardy). Here's the result:

 

[Mister H.]

^ I like it. I'd need to see it matched up with a suit to know for sure, but I think that could work.