The site claims that an inside source close to Nolan told them that Levitt is his first choice to play The Riddler in the next Batman movie..
“Chris really dug Joseph [as an actor],” a source close to the director tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively. “There was a joke at first between them [on the set of Inception] that Joseph wanted to read for Batman 3 and things heated up as filming continued.”
Adds the insider, “It’s not 100% confirmed that he’s getting [the role of The Riddler] but there’s certainly talk about it. Joseph is definitely on the short list.” This should make fans happy, especially as several fan sites have expressed a wish to see the 500 Days of Summer cutie score the role!
I'm not buying this one. This sounds like a rumor spawned by the internet buzz for Levitt to replace Heath Ledger as The Joker because of his strikingly similar appearance and working relationship with Nolan on
Inception. When Nolan revealed last week that there was no way we would be seeing the Joker again, the rumor mill just changed up. Either that, or, its true! Levitt is an extremely talented actor, and he may just have caught Nolan's eye for a part, even if its not The Riddler(oh please let it not be The Riddler!). Anyway, thats rumors for ya. Get those fingers working and confirm or debunk below.
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