‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Round-Up

Here is your weekly round-up for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ news.

Tom Hardy Comments on Bane’s Voice

MTV has gotten a quick interview with ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ actor Tom Hardy concerning his thoughts on the voice issues with Bane.

“Not at all. I trust [director] Christopher Nolan implicitly. I’m not worried at all about people understanding him mumbling away,” Hardy said. “But I have seen some brilliant stuff online about [my mumbling] ‘Mmmm … Batman doesn’t beat up retards!,’ which I thought was very funny. I enjoyed that.”.

Gary Oldman Wowed by Michael Cain’s Performance

Gary Oldman participated in a Q&A event at New York’s Landmark Sunshine Cinema, where he was conducting a retrospective. During the event he gave away a few brief, but interesting details about a pivotal scene in The Dark Knight Rises.

“There’s an emotional scene coming up in the next Batman, which I am obviously, absolutely sworn to secrecy about… They would kill me. Well, I’d do the press junket and then they’d kill me.”

“Watching Michael Caine work, as Alfred, was a great lesson for me. Just focus, concentration. He has this emotional scene. I’m kidding you not. It was tears and the whole thing. And it’s ‘Take 1.’ (Oldman snaps his fingers) He got it. ‘Take 2′ (snaps his fingers again), Got it. Take 3 (snaps his fingers) Got it. He’s just on the money. Every single time. It’s just extraordinary… You get inspired by it.”

Gary Oldman Talks About His Final Shot for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

Oldman revealed that Christopher Nolan gave him a parting gift after his final shot for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’.

They gave me a very funny gift after my last shot on ["The Dark Knight Rises."] I was standing on a rooftop with Chris Nolan, and they gave me a shadow box, in this black frame. Inside it was my badge, my glasses and a mustache that they stick on the stuntmen. So they even retired my mustache. It was a lovely, funny little gift at the end of it all, and a lovely keepsake.