REAL or FAKE: Tom Hardy Testing As Dr. Hugo Strange In "The Dark Knight Rises"?

looks dumb

That's one awful photoshop.

Robert Garlen@Dude that doesnt mean anything, Hugo Strange has been known to be quite athletic.Even so that when he put on Batmans costume he was mistaken for Bruce.

I hope the actual villain is Bane, and Hugo comes to Gotham as the warden of the newly renovated Arkham Asylum and the GCPD recruits him for the hunt of "The Batman" and while researching him he becomes more obsessed with him and deduces his identity as Bruce Wayne. And becomes a villain in the end.

Please no Strange and or Catwoman

It would be great if this is true. I've been saying Hugo would make a great choice for Nolan's movies. I don't know why people would say no, especially with the connections to TDK. There is always room for other villains like Black Mask as well and Catwoman in TDKR too.

[frick] him as STRANGE! : P

InSpace@ I want Bane too, but Javier Bardem should play him. Hardy should play someone else.

Protonite@ Noooo! Hardy as Hugo Strange and Javier Bardem as Bane. Bane could be a psychotic contract killer who is locked inside Arkham and who is hooked in somekind of experimental drug what increases his physical achievement. Strange is the creator of this drug and he has made Bane insane with it. And then Strange sees that he could use Bane to achieve his own personal goals and And helps him out of Arkham, so Bane could help him to destroy Batman and his fricking legend and all what he means to the Gotham City. Why?... Cause he is just insane and jealous to him. Meanwhile Bruce falls in love again, when mysterious woman Talia Al Ghul steps in his life, but she has a secret. The secret that could destroy Bruce Wayne and Batman.

But anyway anyone of these characters are fine to me.
Talia, Two-Face, Hush, Deadshot, Bane, Hugo Strange, Red Hood, Anarky (Adult version. He could be like V in V For Vendetta, only more crueler and sadistic), The Penguin or Black Mask.

Alex@Nah dude too old need an unknown such as Edgar Ramirez

Bardem is so phenomenal actor that he could play even my own grandmother!:D lol
Even Bardem is spaniard and i and my granny are from finland!:)

I can imagine him being very spooky with Bane´s mask which Bane would use to create fear in his enemies like Batman and hide his ugly, disturbing face!:) (Which i think would be cool add-on for the movie)