More From Gary Oldman On TDKR, Hints At An Unrevealed Villain

More From Gary Oldman On TDKR, Hints At An Unrevealed Villain

Oldman(Who will once agin play Jim Gordon in TDKR) has suggested that there will be another villain in Chris Nolan's threequel to UK E!Online and dropped some hints as to who it may be. He also speaks about Anne Hathaway in her catsuit..

By MarkCassidy - Mar 09, 2011 05:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: UK- Eonline

Gary Oldman has been doing the rounds promoting Red Riding Hood lately, but of course, he has also been asked plenty of questions about Christopher Nolan's upcoming The Dark Knight Rises in which he will once again play Commissioner Gordon.



Oldman has remained pretty tight lipped so far, but he did reveal something very interesting to UK E!Online when questioned about the villains of the movie..

"I think it's a villain from one of the old, old, from way back from the old comics. It is a Batman villian... It's not going to be the Joker."

"If I told you who the villain was, they'd kill me."


This is interesting. Is Oldman speaking about a villain we haven't been made aware of yet? Perhaps one that Joseph Gordon Levitt or the rumored Marion Cotillard will play? Or is he speaking about Bane(who will be played by Tom Hardy) unaware that he has already been made public as one of the movie's villains? Bane couldn't be described as an "old, old" villain anyway.

I can't see Oldman being so in the dark about what has and hasn't been previously disclosed about the movie's plot though. But you never know I guess. Anyway, he also reiterates that he believes the last film in Chris Nolan's trilogy will be a belter..

"I know the story, I just think it's going to be terrific."


Oldman also commented on Anne Hathaway's casting as Selina Kyle/Catwoman

"I think she'll probably wear the cat suit pretty well, don't you?"


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superotherside
superotherside - 3/9/2011, 5:27 AM
two words: Hugo Strange?
LocoLobo1127
LocoLobo1127 - 3/9/2011, 5:53 AM
robin williams as Hugo Strange .......
comic2004
comic2004 - 3/9/2011, 5:53 AM
Already know how its going to end. Bruce Wayne Going to realize theirs never going to a time when Gotham doesnt need the Batman.


Robbin Williams as Hugo Strange would be great.
AlReg
AlReg - 3/9/2011, 6:07 AM
Aw so maybe Joseph Gordon Levitt is playing Doctor Death or The Mad Monk? Probably not them.
Jackwagon
Jackwagon - 3/9/2011, 6:08 AM
lol @ teabag and imnotahero...

He said from way back, so it could be a villian known as Blockbuster who was nothing more that a sixties version of Bane. Wouldn't it be funny if Johnny Depp is cast as the Mad Hatter, again?
Orphix
Orphix - 3/9/2011, 6:08 AM
Mad Hatter!
rodsvilaca
rodsvilaca - 3/9/2011, 6:10 AM
"I think it's a villain from one of the old, old, from way back from the old comics. It is a Batman villian... It's not going to be the Joker."

So he could be one of these:

The Riddler - Detective Comics #140 (October 1948) <<

The Mad Hatter - Batman #49 (October/November 1948) <<

Deadshot - Batman #59 (June/July 1950) <<

Firefly - Detective Comics #184 (June 1952) <<

The Cluemaster - Detective Comics #351 (May 1966) <<
tanihiser
tanihiser - 3/9/2011, 6:12 AM
Calendar Man-Detective Comics #259(September 1958)
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 3/9/2011, 6:14 AM
I think he's probably talking about Bane but doesnt realise that they've already revealed that! It would be amazing if he is talking about an unrevealed villain though as he must surely know Hardy is playing Bane if he knows Hathaway is Catwoman!
DetBullock
DetBullock - 3/9/2011, 6:23 AM
Very old Batman Comics?
Doctor Hugo Strange, I presume. :)

@RodSVilaca: there are villains far older than that in Batman Comics

@JoshW: Bane is from the nineties, he's surely talking about some other character.
AlexdoxA
AlexdoxA - 3/9/2011, 6:31 AM
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! come to daddy Egghead!!!!
NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 3/9/2011, 6:31 AM
Hugo Strange... his popularity will boost from Arkham City, might as well.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 3/9/2011, 6:32 AM
Olga, Queen of the Cossacks ? ;)
scapegoatjones
scapegoatjones - 3/9/2011, 6:33 AM
calendar man
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 3/9/2011, 6:33 AM
Sad to know that this is the end of the Nolan trilogy. Seems like Batman Begins was so long ago but now that we are at the end it seems like it went by fast. Oh well, glad we got awesome movies. Looking foreward to seeing the next installments into the franchise and another directors take on the Dark Knight.
Xionn
Xionn - 3/9/2011, 6:34 AM
wow this is interesting news...I hope its someone good, but I really hope Tom Hardy gets quite a lot of screen time as a villain and not just on the side, the actor is amazing after watching The Take and Bronson.
Digitaria51
Digitaria51 - 3/9/2011, 6:35 AM
It's Mr. Freeze. Chill out.
NuffSaid
NuffSaid - 3/9/2011, 6:40 AM
@RodSVilaca

Hugo Strange - Detective Comics #36 (1940)

My guess... Anarky for Joseph Gordon Levitt and Hugo Strange for Robin Williams.
TrueBlue
TrueBlue - 3/9/2011, 6:42 AM
Am I the only one who's hoping for Killer Moth?
Bigbywolf
Bigbywolf - 3/9/2011, 6:43 AM
@ RodSVilaca, Deadshot is my personal favourite choice from your list.
I feel it is probably Bane that he is talking about and unless he can make it fit into the story it, might be a bad idea to have too many villians.
MeanMachineAngel
MeanMachineAngel - 3/9/2011, 6:50 AM
All these suggestions are pretty lame.
Orphix
Orphix - 3/9/2011, 6:55 AM
Well if Bane is taking 'steroids' I guess Strange could just be the chap to adnminister them.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/9/2011, 6:55 AM
NinjaTurtleFan@ I thought the penquin too.

It could work?

Thou i prefer Alfred Molina or Bob Hoskins for this role.


Gordon-Levitt should be Alberto Falcone, Black Mask or Warren White aka The Great White Shark.

And Cotillard should be Talia Al Ghul


And Bryan Cranston or Ralph Fiennes as Hugo Strange if that character is in this.
UltimateSpiderman
UltimateSpiderman - 3/9/2011, 6:59 AM
Everyone chill, it obviously Mr freeze which is pretty cool. I might even say it really kicks ice.
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 3/9/2011, 6:59 AM
Wait, wait wait.
Four villians?!! Bane included? Sounds like Batman and Robin, all over again. Catwoman and Talia in the same movie is wrong enough, but then someone like Hugo Strange and the possible return of Ra's Al Ghul and even the obligitory mob boss (maybe Thorne or Cobblepot or even Black Mask?) and THEN Bane? I don't think they are going to do Bane right and if he can't be done right, then it's best not to do him at all. Bane does not belong in this storyline. They can't do Knightfall and Legacy all at once, can they? And then throw in a shit load of villians on top at the same time as introduce the two biggest love interests of Bruce Wayne in Batman history???!!
I'm trying to have faith in Nolan, I really am, but this sounds a bit too much, doesn't it?
Boogie138
Boogie138 - 3/9/2011, 7:00 AM
everyones suggestions has me thinking of what the 'nolan' version would be... im excited and disturbed by the mental pictures. mad hatter.. cluemaster.. my god lol
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 3/9/2011, 7:03 AM
It just sounds like four different movies. I'd get excited about each and every one of them, but all of them at once? I mean, am I the only one who thinks this deserves more scepticism than X-Men: First Class?
Jer3miah
Jer3miah - 3/9/2011, 7:03 AM
I doubt it's anyone the lot of you have mentioned. Then again, what other options are out there? There are plenty, but not well-known by any means. You guys can count that Black Mask ain't one of them, as he's not old enough. Neither is Bane. Bane came out in the early nineties, I believe. Hm, and what of Talia? Eh, she's not that old, either. Ah! The suspense is rigorous..
Nycguy84
Nycguy84 - 3/9/2011, 7:06 AM
Let me re-iterate that TDR will definitely be my favorite movie of 2012. I m pretty sure JGL will be Alberto Falcone, Cotillard as Talia Al Ghul, and the other villain if in fact there is one would be Hugo Strange (Ralph Fiennes would kick ass in this role)
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/9/2011, 7:08 AM
Duke, not necessarily. If those recent rumors are accurate, Catwoman won't actually be a villain(for the full movie anyway). That only actually leaves Bane and Talia(again IF the rumors are true). So this next villain might play a smaller mob boss type role. No biggie.
CaptainPresley
CaptainPresley - 3/9/2011, 7:18 AM
Please be Louie the Lilac!
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/9/2011, 7:22 AM
Ror@ probably Al Falcone or Rupert Thorne?
RyKnow
RyKnow - 3/9/2011, 7:22 AM
I'm not getting into the whole "I reckon it's going to be so-and-so..." crap, but I just knew Bane wasn't going to be all we got. Bane's to much of a rubbish character to be the sole villain, he wouldn't be able to carry the story without it running out of steam. Besides, why reveal your main villain when your still casting. Way too early for Nolan's usual style.

Liam Neeson has already stated he's not in the third film, so no Ra's - There's no magical Lazarus pits to bring him back in Nolan's realistic take. Thank god. And if it's a classic villain, that means no Talia. (Her first appearance wasn't untill 1971 so she's not from way back) Thank god again.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt will probably be the main villain. He's definitely in the film, and if rumours are to be true, he's a villain...

marvel72
marvel72 - 3/9/2011, 7:22 AM
its got to be out of penguin,riddler or hugo strange.
AxlKomix
AxlKomix - 3/9/2011, 7:30 AM
...Boss Zucco. :0 I doubt Nolan would go back on his "no Robin" in his films statement, but I think we would all shit ourselves in excitement if he did. Boss Zucco is a fairly old villain (1940). What bigger surprise could there be than that?
Knightstalker
Knightstalker - 3/9/2011, 7:38 AM
And the fanboy speculation goes wild. Did anybody ever consider that maybe Mr. Nolan is directing all of these little info leaks made by his actors simply to begin the furor and frenzy only to hit us with something that nobody expected when the movie finally comes out?
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