Interviews
Text and video interviews of cast and crew including Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Heath Ledger, Christopher Nolan and Morgan Freeman.
June 6th, 2008 | Digg This
Empire Magazine are running a Batman/Joker dual edition of their publication, the Batman fronted version is as normal, with the caped crusader donning the front, and all pages as normal. The exciting bit comes in the form of The Jokerized version, where the Joker has taken it upon himself to not only deface the Batman article, but also the entire issue!
Seems like NYC is undergoing similar treatment…
(via Desedo)
May 28th, 2008 | Digg This
Christian Bale has been featured on the cover of Details (a men’s magazine on the order of Vogue, for those not in the know). The article features an interview where he talks a little about his role as Batman, and his initial reaction to the Batsuit itself:
“I was standing on the back lot where they were creating the suit, and I had a few minutes to myself, staring up close in the mirror, just thinking, ‘This isn’t going to work. I’m claustrophobic, I can’t breathe, I’m getting a headache already, and this is all going to go very badly.’”
He also comments on Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker:
“He was incredibly intense in his performance but incredibly mellow and laid-back. Certainly there was this great anarchistic streak to it—just getting dirtier than anybody’s envisioned the Joker before. This character has power because he has no limits—absolutely nothing to lose.”
Read the full interview here, at men.style.com’s The Gadabout blog.
Thanks Jenny Stein!
May 22nd, 2008 | Digg This
Wizarduniverse.com has posted a Q&A with Gary Oldman. He speaks a little about his character and role in the film, as well as Harvey Dent and the Joker. The interview includes a few spoilers about the plot, so those of you that avoid such things may want to stay away.
May 4th, 2008 | Digg This
The LA Times recently sat down with Mr Eckhart (aka Harvey Dent) to discuss his role as a villain in The Dark Knight. Beware, spoilers lurk below.
“I can tell you that, basically, when you look at Two-Face, you should get sick to your stomach. Being the guy under all that, well, that was a lot of fun for me. It’s like you would feel if you met someone whose face had pretty much been ripped off or burned off with acid. I can’t talk about it beyond that because I don’t want to give away too much of the plans by Chris.”[...]
“The difference between Batman and Two-Face is how far they are willing to go and how they make their point,” Eckhart said. “Otherwise, we’re talking about vigilante crime-fighting. That’s what Batman is all about. He has a strong sense of justice. And Harvey Dent has an extremely strong sense of justice. His fiancée is killed. He’s horribly injured. But he is still true to himself. He’s a crime fighter, he’s not killing good people. He’s not a bad guy, not purely.”
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“You look at a good guy too long and it’s not that exciting, it’s the Boy Scout always doing the right thing. I’m interested in good guys gone wrong. They’re not the bad guy, they’re the good guy doing bad things.”
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“Really, all of it is more than an adventure tale, it’s somewhat of a mirror of our times. It deals with some fundamental questions of what’s going on in society. To me, this film is about how Batman feels about justice, how he takes care of the city, how he feels about the Joker when he meets him and sees what he is capable of doing. How he feels when Harvey Two-Face takes matters into his own hands. It’s not simple, and it gets ugly. I think people will be surprised.”
March 31st, 2008 | Digg This
In an interview with Bloomberg, Hans Zimmer spoker about his work on The Dark Knight, alongside James Newton Howard,
Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer was struggling to find the right music to represent the Joker in “The Dark Knight,” the new Batman movie scheduled for release this summer.
Zimmer, who wrote the scores for “The Lion King,” “Gladiator” and more than 100 other films, had already composed a two-note signature for the fiendish character, played by the late Heath Ledger. But he wanted to expand that sound to symbolize the Joker’s penchant for anarchy.
“I’ve been sitting here all night trying to find out what else to do with those two notes,” Zimmer said during an interview last month at his Santa Monica, California, studio.
Zimmer, who collaborated on the score with James Newton Howard, said Ledger’s death from an accidental drug overdose in January wouldn’t change his musical approach to the Joker. The composer said the best tribute would be an accurate reflection of Ledger’s portrayal.
“The worst thing I can do is stray from that course and not be rigorous about his performance,” the tall, balding composer said in a German accent that reflects his native country.
March 26th, 2008 | Digg This
SHH have had a short moment to talk with Maggie Gyllenhaal (Rachel Dawes in the Dark Knight) at ShoWest:
When asked about taking over from Katie Holmes,
“I think she’s a wonderful actress and I really admired the work that she did in the first Batman, but I don’t think it would have worked if I tried to imitate her. I think the only way to do it is to do it like myself,”
“They just (expect you to) suspend your disbelief, I’m Rachel Dawes now. I mean, how many Batmen have there been? Lots of them!”
Speaking about working on her first major blockbuster,
“I anticipated it was going to be much different than making a small movie, and in the end, it didn’t feel that way, and I think it was because I was working with really good actors like Gary Oldman and Michael Caine and Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart and Heath Ledger. It felt like making any other movie, and I think Chris Nolan has a lot to do with that, and also because he really likes and respects actors, so it felt like doing good scenes in any movie.”
And getting involved in the action…
“They took really good care of me. I thought I might get bruised up but in fact, I didn’t. They really knew what they were doing. I was scared to do some of the action stuff I had to do, and I did it once, and I was like, ‘Oh, this is a blast!’”
Thanks Austin!
