Posted at October 27, 2014, 11:18 am:
Now that the casting rumors have given way to an actual cast, what are your initial thoughts on what Christopher Nolan has in store for his Batman follow-up?
On the heels of the Heath Ledger as Joker news, looks like Ryan Phillippe is going to be Harvey Dent/Two Face.
On the surface anyway, both are casting against type. But after the way Batman Begins turned out, I give Nolan the benefit of the doubt, and then some. He's earned it.
I remember how many of the "fans" were up in arms the first time they got a glimpse of the Batmobile from Begins. True, it doesn't look anything close to any conception of the standard vehicle ever seen in the comics and certainly not the other movies, but damn if it wasn't perfect in Nolan's movie. If he can cast a car againt type and make it work, I'm sure Ledger and Phillippe are in very good hands.
I hadn't thought too much of Ledger as an actor, until last year. His Oscar-nominated work in Brokeback Mountain was a revelation: the guy can flat-out act. I never gave Phillippe a second thought as he was coming up, but he started turning the corner for me with his role in Altman's Gosford Park. I thought he was good in Igby Goes Down as well, and he too really impressed me just last year with his work in Crash. He brought his acting up a few notches there, and knowing he's in Eastwood's upcoming Flags of Our Fathers gives me faith too, that Clint saw something there.
Returning to the cast are Morgan Freeman as Lucious Fox, Michael Caine as Alfred, Gary Oldman as Gordon and of course Christian Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne.
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Im not too terribbly worried.
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I am not sure I agree that it's totally against type.
y Joker and Two Face???
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I think it has potential.
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Forever had a great opening, then kinda went downhill.
In retrospect to what I posted.
maybe we'll seee smth different !
it's not so bad.
Even though it's fake, I think it looks cool.
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