First of all, I want to state that a lot of people out there may toss my idea aside because right now it is so widely accepted that Marion Cotillard’s character, Miranda Tate, IS Talia Al Ghul. I would like to purpose an alternative, but keep in mind, I still highly believe that Talia Al Ghul is very possible.
The other possibility for Miranda Tate, I believe, is Lady Shiva. Now for those of you who know this character, you may see where this idea is coming from. As for others, you are probably on Wikipedia right now or hoping that I will explain. So I will.
This is a really quick explanation and most of it comes straight from Wikipedia since there was a short enough explanation. I am also going to list a sequence of events in how this role could play in to The Dark Knight Rises.
1: Bane breaks Batman’s back.
2: Batman recovers slowly with the help of a doctor or doctors.
3: Batman needs some kind of rehab, but any normal rehab is just not good enough for Batman.
4: Batman seeks training from someone, this someone is Shiva.
A little history for you about Shiva: She grew up in an unknown country and was raised to be a warrior and protector of her village. It is also said that Ra’s Al Ghul’s League of Assassins, you know, from Batman Begins, they ran this village that Shiva grew up in.
Anyway, I don’t need to make a large article for you, this is just a hypothesis that is probably false, but an interesting idea none the less. Especially since speculation is going around of JGL’s character being Azrael. If this is so, while Azrael takes over Batman’s position in Gotham, Bruce Wayne could possibly be training with Shiva. Also on Azrael, he is the one who defeats Bane and then begins to like this role he has taken over, therefore Bruce Wayne must fight him one last time in the Bat Cave to reclaim his title as Batman.
THINK ABOUT THIS!!! Batman falls in The Dark Knight but he really becomes nothing when Bane breaks his back. He becomes crippled and can no longer defend Gotham and therefore Azrael takes over. Bruce then starts to heal and slowly retrains himself with the help of Shiva. Becoming stronger and more as he once was 8 years prior in The Dark Knight. He then makes the final transformation to Batman after defeating Azrael and hence forth…..wait for it….RISES.
That is all I wanted to say about that. I hope, if nothing else, you found the idea entertaining. I understand that most likely Marion Cotillard will not be playing Shiva, but rather Talia Al Ghul, and that in itself will be a great story. I just really got excited when I heard that Azrael could be in this movie. So this was my way of sharing, an alternative plot.
Also, Shiva helps Batman go to India to stop some sort of virus being released that could kill a large population. Remember they began filming in India? Anyway, enough of that. I hope you found this fun, although probably not likely.