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Release Date: July 20, 2012
Bane Not Daunted by Ledger's Joker
Tom Hardy on playing the villain in The Dark Knight Rises.
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It's clear to anyone who has been following his work these last few years that Tom Hardy is a pretty fearless actor. That's why he wasn't daunted by the prospect of following the late Heath Ledger's Oscar-winning turn as the villain in the next Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises.
In an exclusive chat with Total Film, Hardy, who plays Bane in the Christopher Nolan-directed sequel and is also set to play the title role in Mad Max 4: Fury Road, was asked if he had any trepidation in following Ledger's Joker. "No, none at all," he said. "Brilliant actor, brilliant work – that's it. I've got a job to do. ... It's the same with Mad Max and Mel Gibson. I'm not here to engage in a competition with their talent. It's to play the character that I've been given."
Hardy also isn't fazed by having to wear a mask for much of the movie: "Any time you put something over your face, you're going to adopt a personality and a physicality that has nothing to do with acting. It allows a performance to be free."
"I think Bane's (expletive) cool so I'm really excited to play him," said Hardy, who insisted that his interpretation will be nothing like the "bommmbbbb"-dropping Bane in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin.
Check out more of Tom Hardy's Bane chat at TotalFilm.com.
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