Harvey Dent/Two-Face Thread

[emielaen]

I still find the Eckhart casting in TDK weird. He gives a great performance and I now can’t imagine the movie without him, but the principle of the situation is weird to me because they didn’t cast a big star in the role even though Nolan’s idea for the whole trilogy was to surround the hero with an all-star supporting cast and a big star as Dent/Two-Face just makes too much sense.


While I don’t like Chris Evans for the part, I do like the idea of casting a big name star who’s known for always being the good guy. For example, I think Tom Hanks would have been a great Two Face, not just because he’s a great actor, but his All-American persona off screen helps sell Harvey Dent on screen and makes the Two-Face persona that much more damaging.

I get where you're coming from with Evans, but god I don't like that casting either. Lol

 

[Neil McCauley]

I mean, we also don't know who is going to be Kite Man, Calendar Man, providing the mocap for Ace the Bathound or any number of other characters who aren't in the movie.

Yeah... I forget about this

 

[Jekecy]

I still find the Eckhart casting in TDK weird. He gives a great performance and I now can’t imagine the movie without him, but the principle of the situation is weird to me because they didn’t cast a big star in the role even though Nolan’s idea for the whole trilogy was to surround the hero with an all-star supporting cast and a big star as Dent/Two-Face just makes too much sense.

You're not wrong, as Aaron was only chosen after Matt Damon passed on the part (he had commitments on Invictus).

 

[shauner111]

I'd even go so far to say he isn't one of the greatest actors who ever lived. He's good in Philadelphia and Saving Private Ryan, but those movies were from 20 years ago, and everything else he's does he's either just fine or adequate. And he doesn't have a single role in his catalog that suggests he would even come close to making sense as Two-Face.

Hanks is a great actor. Please don’t act like he’s only had two good performances. That’s ridiculous. He’s a legend for a reason. However, he has a terrible taste or a bad agent or SOMETHING because he’s rarely in good films. Especially over the last couple of decades. I also think he’s wrong for Two-Face.

If we want a movie star in the role, McConaughey wouldn’t be a bad choice. Colin Farrell would have been great if he wasn’t Penguin (brilliant casting). Oscar Isaac isn’t a movie star but he’s become more known since the days of Drive, Inside Llewyn Davis, Force Awakens and Ex Machina. Those movies really made him a sorta-star in the first half of the 2010’s. Now people know him. But he’s gonna be gaining weight to play Francis Coppola over the next couple of years so I’m gonna count him out. Plus he’s got Dune.

I don’t think we need an A lister this time around. Christopher Abbott FTW!

 

[MilkmanDan]

lol. Yes, Two-Face is too difficult for one of the greatest actors ever.

It's not that he couldn't act the part. It's probably more that he wouldn't have had the right look and feel for it. Harvey Dent isn't just all-American. He should look like an action star. The perfection of Harvey's ruined face and the feeling that this is a guy who should have been a hero is, IMO, a fairly big part of the character. Tom Hanks is a great actor, but most of his roles rely on his everyman vibe. Harvey Dent should be a handsome hunk. That's why Eckhart was so perfect. He felt like someone who could potentially rival Bruce's heroics until he became a villain.

 

[Eddie Dean]

I’m still not in favor of a Dent that’s more than five years older than Pattinson. Dent should be his equal, not a mentor.

 

[shauner111]

Same. Eckhart and Bale were the perfect age. I don’t know why but Two-Face with blonde hair still annoys me though. Same with Selina.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Hanks is a great actor. Please don’t act like he’s only had two good performances. That’s ridiculous. He’s a legend for a reason.

Keep in mind I'm not trying to hate on Hanks, I just don't know that I'd call him a great actor. I feel he has few performances under his belt that I'd call "great". And his later acting roles have been largely unremarkable, although that's mostly true of a lot of actors.

 

[Eddie Dean]

I feel like Yahya Abdul-Mateen II would be a prime candidate but he’s already done so much superhero stuff

 

[weezerspider]

It's not that he couldn't act the part. It's probably more that he wouldn't have had the right look and feel for it. Harvey Dent isn't just all-American. He should look like an action star. The perfection of Harvey's ruined face and the feeling that this is a guy who should have been a hero is, IMO, a fairly big part of the character. Tom Hanks is a great actor, but most of his roles rely on his everyman vibe. Harvey Dent should be a handsome hunk. That's why Eckhart was so perfect. He felt like someone who could potentially rival Bruce's heroics until he became a villain.

I feel like the Everyman vibe would be interesting because that’s what every politician WANTS you to think he is. I like the idea of Dent being someone like Tom Hanks who everyone loves and then it turns out he’s a supervillain.

And yes, I was not talking about casting Hanks now. I said young Hanks, but that is just my opinion that people here clearly don’t agree with. Fair enough.

However, I do think it is asinine to claim Tom Hanks has only had a few good performances and equally asinine to assume he’d be terrible as that was the word used by a poster. Just look at TDK for example: No disrespect to Eckhart, but do people here really not think Tom Hanks could have done that? Like, come on folks. It’s a one note performance through 2 acts and it’s a note Hanks has played in his sleep. Then he wants revenge for the third act. Hanks has done that before and done it well. Arguably his best scene in Saving Private Ryan is when he becomes belligerent with anger and revenge and calls for the attack on the bunker for no reason. That scene works so well for the same reason I think he’d be a good Two-Face. It’s so out of character, which makes it more disturbing. Saying he’d be terrible is such a stretch.

He was specifically talking about Batman Begins, not the sequels.

Ah. That makes sense,

 

[shauner111]

Hanks is a great actor. Even if you’ve had a few great performances in your career, that makes you a great actor.

 

[Schlosser85]

Hanks is a great actor. Even if you’ve had a few great performances in your career, that makes you a great actor.

Yup.

Gary Oldman. Anthony Hopkins. Michael Caine. Morgan Freeman. All done lots of picking up paychecks. Still great actors, at least when they really put their minds to it.

 

[emielaen]

Hanks is a great actor. Even if you’ve had a few great performances in your career, that makes you a great actor.

Yeah, idk how this is a convo. Lol Hanks is definitely great.

 

[Art Vandelay]

I feel like the Everyman vibe would be interesting because that’s what every politician WANTS you to think he is. I like the idea of Dent being someone like Tom Hanks who everyone loves and then it turns out he’s a supervillain.

And yes, I was not talking about casting Hanks now. I said young Hanks, but that is just my opinion that people here clearly don’t agree with. Fair enough.

However, I do think it is asinine to claim Tom Hanks has only had a few good performances and equally asinine to assume he’d be terrible as that was the word used by a poster. Just look at TDK for example: No disrespect to Eckhart, but do people here really not think Tom Hanks could have done that? Like, come on folks. It’s a one note performance through 2 acts and it’s a note Hanks has played in his sleep. Then he wants revenge for the third act. Hanks has done that before and done it well. Arguably his best scene in Saving Private Ryan is when he becomes belligerent with anger and revenge and calls for the attack on the bunker for no reason. That scene works so well for the same reason I think he’d be a good Two-Face. It’s so out of character, which makes it more disturbing. Saying he’d be terrible is such a stretch.

It's not a stretch at all, and despite everyone's apparent love for Tom Hanks, you're the only one who thinks he could play this character.

And no, I don't think he could have done what Eckhart did. Tough guy leading man was never in Hanks's wheelhouse. That's why he was America's everyman. I don't think that takes away anything from Hanks saying that. He was a good, reliable actor. But Two-Face? Nah....

 

[shauner111]

Hanks is usually a bit geeky. It’s not that he can’t play unhinged or darker roles, it’s just that I don’t see him as a good Harvey Dent. He could do some of the political **** obviously. But it’s his demeanour that isn’t a match for Dent. Like I said “a bit geeky”.

Make no mistake, Hanks is a very talented man. But i’d rather pick Denzel as a older Two-Face. I think DW would fit Harvey Dent or Lex Luthor more because he can play a handsome, charismatic, alpha male (when it’s called for) like nobody’s business. That’s not really in Hanks’ wheelhouse. The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. Which is why his son is fancast so much for Harvey.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Colin Hanks as Harvey?

 

[weezerspider]

It's not a stretch at all, and despite everyone's apparent love for Tom Hanks, you're the only one who thinks he could play this character.

And no, I don't think he could have done what Eckhart did. Tough guy leading man was never in Hanks's wheelhouse. That's why he was America's everyman. I don't think that takes away anything from Hanks saying that. He was a good, reliable actor. But Two-Face? Nah....

Smh. He’d be terrible is hyperbole. Admit it.

 

[Art Vandelay]

ok

 

[shauner111]

Colin Hanks as Harvey?

Geek x 30

 

[MilkmanDan]

I feel like the Everyman vibe would be interesting because that’s what every politician WANTS you to think he is. I like the idea of Dent being someone like Tom Hanks who everyone loves and then it turns out he’s a supervillain.

And yes, I was not talking about casting Hanks now. I said young Hanks, but that is just my opinion that people here clearly don’t agree with. Fair enough.

However, I do think it is asinine to claim Tom Hanks has only had a few good performances and equally asinine to assume he’d be terrible as that was the word used by a poster. Just look at TDK for example: No disrespect to Eckhart, but do people here really not think Tom Hanks could have done that? Like, come on folks. It’s a one note performance through 2 acts and it’s a note Hanks has played in his sleep. Then he wants revenge for the third act. Hanks has done that before and done it well. Arguably his best scene in Saving Private Ryan is when he becomes belligerent with anger and revenge and calls for the attack on the bunker for no reason. That scene works so well for the same reason I think he’d be a good Two-Face. It’s so out of character, which makes it more disturbing. Saying he’d be terrible is such a stretch.



Ah. That makes sense,

Politicians do want to feel affable and down-to-earth. But they (especially males ones) also want to seem like strong, alpha types. And like I said, I think that should be the vibe with Harvey Dent. In a way it's like Mad Men. Don Draper works better as a character when he superficially seems like the kind of man most men would like to be.

If I wanted young Tom Hanks to play a comic character whose idealism gives into darker impulses, I think I'd go with someone like Reed Richards or Scott Summers. Both of whom are brave leading men who are also kind of dorky and who have been known to make questionable choices despite always having good intentions.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Geek x 30

Chet Hanks as Dent?

 

[Mindreaper21]

Hank Hill?

 

[Eddie Dean]

I think... Steve Yeun

 

[WatchProtect]

Ahem..HALF way there

 

[Mindreaper21]

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which half?