Following the swill of rumors regarding who these two would be playing (JoGo was this close to being confirmed as Alberto Falcone, and Cotillard was most heavily applied to Talia Al'Ghul), we now finally have confirmation, IGN reports.
"Cotillard will appear as Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-greiving Bruce Wayne resume his father's philanthropic endeavors in Gotham.
Gordon-Levitt will play John Blake, a Gotham city beat cop assigned to special duty under the command of Commissioner Gordon."
There you go! Rather than have them playing roles fans of the comics know and love, Nolan is placing two of his most talented actors in roles he created. Now the rumors begin to brew as to what parts these two will play in the grand scheme of things. Is JoGo's John Blake assigned by Gordon to hunt Batman down, or is he instead going to be covertly aiding the caped crusader? Does MaCo's Tate only want to elevate Bruce Wayne, or does she have something trickier in mind?
Dear God! Why can't this movie exist now? We don't even have one production still, and I'm already dying from the wait!
Being honest, I wouldn't be surprised if Tate is Talia in disguise. It would make a nice callback to the first film, and announcing her as Tate would throw the audience off. It would also give Nolan the chance to have Bruce deliver this Morrisonian chestnut, "Love? You can thank Alfred for the acting lessons." And thus prove he's grown into the Detective by sussing the twist before it has happened.
ReplyDeleteA little bit of Bat God with my popcorn.