blakjeezis
12-13-2003, 06:43 AM
Michael Caine, who has 'officially' signed on to play Alfred for three pictures no less, talks about some casting and other things. Here's highlights.
Cillian Murphy, Jim in 28 Days Later, has definitely signed on as 1 of the villains, more than likely The Scarecrow.
Rumors are that Chris Cooper is one of the actors being considered for the role of the other villain. Although it hasn't been specifically stated, most people think it's Ra's al Ghul.
Caine says director Christopher Nolan is also extremely intereseted in Viggo Mortensen for the role of the second villain. A great choice, if it is indeed al Ghul. A little makeup may be needed to age him slightly, but he's certainly got the chops to do it.
As far as plot is concerned, Caine says that Alfred plays a much larger role and that the film starts with Bruce as a child and shows a lot more of Afred in the fatherly role. Also in the interview Caine talks about Christopher Nolan's views on the Dark Knight:
"[Nolan] said, 'We're going to have a human hero in Batman. He's powerful because he does pushups. Where does he get all his weapons? Because he's a multibillionaire, and he's in the arms business, so he gets the secret weapons instantly. Why does he wear the bloody suit? To scare the s--t out of people, because he doesn't really want to fight."
And of course, don't forget that Christian Bale is efinitely playing Wayne/Batman, just in case anyone forgot.
What more is there to say? If things keep going this way, Clooney, Schwarzenegger and Schumacher will, mercifully, be relegatd to ancient history.
Get a Batman hard-on (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/031211a.php)
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This message was edited by blakjeezis on 7-29-04 @ 9:28 AM
Cillian Murphy, Jim in 28 Days Later, has definitely signed on as 1 of the villains, more than likely The Scarecrow.
Rumors are that Chris Cooper is one of the actors being considered for the role of the other villain. Although it hasn't been specifically stated, most people think it's Ra's al Ghul.
Caine says director Christopher Nolan is also extremely intereseted in Viggo Mortensen for the role of the second villain. A great choice, if it is indeed al Ghul. A little makeup may be needed to age him slightly, but he's certainly got the chops to do it.
As far as plot is concerned, Caine says that Alfred plays a much larger role and that the film starts with Bruce as a child and shows a lot more of Afred in the fatherly role. Also in the interview Caine talks about Christopher Nolan's views on the Dark Knight:
"[Nolan] said, 'We're going to have a human hero in Batman. He's powerful because he does pushups. Where does he get all his weapons? Because he's a multibillionaire, and he's in the arms business, so he gets the secret weapons instantly. Why does he wear the bloody suit? To scare the s--t out of people, because he doesn't really want to fight."
And of course, don't forget that Christian Bale is efinitely playing Wayne/Batman, just in case anyone forgot.
What more is there to say? If things keep going this way, Clooney, Schwarzenegger and Schumacher will, mercifully, be relegatd to ancient history.
Get a Batman hard-on (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/031211a.php)
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This message was edited by blakjeezis on 7-29-04 @ 9:28 AM