Aaron Eckhart Asked About Two-Face Return

Aaron Eckhart Asked About Two-Face Return

MTV grilled Eckhart at the Golden Globes, and despite interrogation that included everything but torture, he spoils NOTHING. But does that mean he knows something? Hmmmmmm.

By ComicBookMovie - Jan 12, 2009 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: The Dark Knight Rises
Source: MTV
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DrFever
DrFever - 1/12/2009, 11:55 AM
Two-Face is dead.
KingWill
KingWill - 1/12/2009, 12:26 PM
Darn you!!!! I was about to post this video. Shux...back the drawing board.
CapnGeech
CapnGeech - 1/12/2009, 12:27 PM
says who?
crappybumbum
crappybumbum - 1/12/2009, 12:54 PM
whoa now Idk what's going on with Two-Face...maybe he will make a return...I mean Eckhart did say he would love to come back to reprise his role. But since I saw this movie, I fell in love with Eckhart. I love how he portrayed Two-Face I just love it a lot!!!
rushr
rushr - 1/12/2009, 1:02 PM
he knows something you can tell. the good thing is that he didnt say "no im dead".. you know what i mean? i believe he is returning and i hope they dont kill him off. reminds me of what rami did to venom in the spidey films.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/12/2009, 1:21 PM
This is moot because i read an interview 2 months ago with Eckhart who says he asked nolan about two face returning to which nolan said "he is dead as a dodo"
ryano9929
ryano9929 - 1/12/2009, 1:43 PM
If you read the script it says he is dead, that his neck is broken. So I'm going to go with the script.
SGA
SGA - 1/12/2009, 1:49 PM
ryano9929: Don't always trust what you read in the final script. It isn't always what's in the final cut of a movie. very similar, but not always final. Sometimes there are changes to the script while shooting the film.

Take for instance Transformers: ROTF.

things change, and they write around it, like w/ Shia's broken hand. It was an accident, and they wrote around it in the movie.

maybe during filming, they had a change of heart about Two-Face being dead.
valeriesghost
valeriesghost - 1/12/2009, 2:04 PM
i had to listen to a 30 second christina agu-something commercial in order to hear aron echart laugh for 56 seconds, come on guys, you could have at least warned us...
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/12/2009, 2:08 PM
Well forget about the script or the interviews..they show his funeral in the damn movie! Now im pretty sure you only have a funeral for someone when they are..yknow..DEAD
SGA
SGA - 1/12/2009, 2:17 PM
well, i know that, but in spite of sounding like a delusional over-thinker, i'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's a possibility, not definite, but just a possibility, that it could be a cover up.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/12/2009, 2:39 PM
Hey id love you to be right. i thought Nolan made a huge mistake killing him off. The movie should have ended when he became 2 face and set him up as the villain for the 3rd movie..and even if there is no 3rd movie , so what! everything doesnt have to be resolved in a neat little package. At least he would have had the option
Jokerx0210
Jokerx0210 - 1/12/2009, 3:43 PM
rorschach01: I re watched the end many times, and it was just a memorial to Harvey Dent there was no Coffin, no tomb stone saying in loving memory of Harvey Dent. So there is a possibility that he could be in the hospital in a coma. then on the other hand as you said he could be dead. I just don't think Nolan would kill off some one like Two face. I have just about all the batman comics and to kill off some one that is in most of then like Two Face. I don't think the fans you have it.

Though Personally I would like to see Hush in the next movie. They could work around the other characters, Since Hush is a child hood friend to Bruce Wayne it could be something like batman begins Flask backs to Bruce's child hood and the Penguin could be the arms dealer giving Hush the weapon's. There are all these possibilities that are out there, I am sure Nolan will think of something good.
Spock
Spock - 1/12/2009, 4:28 PM
They'll think of some ingenious way to bring him back! He was twisted!
TheMyth
TheMyth - 1/12/2009, 4:37 PM
Actually, it would be quite fitting for Commissioner Gordon to have secretly stowed Harvey in Arkum after paramedics found vitals. So who knows, and given that kind of history, it wouldn't bother me to see Harvey in the 3rd one, so long as they make it so that Gordon had a large hand in it.
Evil1991
Evil1991 - 1/12/2009, 5:23 PM
Thats a prety cool idea TheMyth... and plus, if his survival doesn't seem realistic enough or something, I don't care, 2face is the shit
hushelliot061
hushelliot061 - 1/12/2009, 5:54 PM
Hush would be sweet! However, I think they would have to build up a few key characters like a Robin(maybe not necessarily Jason Todd) and Catwoman in a previous movie to set up for the infamous Hush. That arc is complex and rather tedious. It would take some real effort and talent to write that into a film adaptation and do it justice. But I think Nolan has it in him.

TheMyth has got the idea haha. Mail that to Nolan so we can see Two Face beat up the first Robin!
Pockets713
Pockets713 - 1/12/2009, 6:23 PM
They could easily keep him for the next movie like TheMyth said... Gordon covering it up maybe in hopes that "Gotham's White Night" could return... But honestly if you ask me... that devilish laugh that Aaron Eckhart does... it's probably him tired of being asked about it. He already did say that Harvey is dead... Though I am on the bandwagon for keeping him around as two-face is probably my second favorite after the joker... Only time will tell. Just pray to god that something goes wrong where Nolan doesn't end up directing. And also jot me down for the Rachel Weisz for Catwoman campaign... please god do not put Angelina Jolie be Catwoman!
SoulAllFlush
SoulAllFlush - 1/12/2009, 6:35 PM
Batman villains cannot die. Only his parents are permanently dead. Raz Al Gul could return, even in Nolan's special 'realistic' universe. All you need is an imagination.
yellowtiger
yellowtiger - 1/12/2009, 10:43 PM
Here's my theory...

In the script, it says the following:

"Dent lies at the bottom of the hole, his neck broken. DEAD."

Harvey Dent is dead, but Two-Face is not.
parascythe
parascythe - 1/13/2009, 12:04 AM
i read an article here before...when eckhart asked nolan if he'll be in the next movie..nolan jokingly said "you're dead" meaning to say he is not going back..something like that..i dont know if you guys still remember that post..
sithenor
sithenor - 1/13/2009, 1:46 AM
Joker is returning in the third movie.
Shots had been taken during TDK before Heath Ledger passed away.

zinext
zinext - 1/13/2009, 3:17 AM
we all kno that u could bring 2face back as a mafia crime boss(some how some way), cuz that is who he is, but at the same time batman has billion villains(im being sarcastic by the way), he had so many they all used 2 kick it 2gether during the adam west days, but with that said the only villian in batman that deserves to be brought back is the joker, for well, the sake of arch-rivalry.other than that move on.
theFACE
theFACE - 1/13/2009, 3:50 AM
i doesn't really matter what the script said, ask yourself did he look dead? NO is the answer, it's very cleverly done by nolan. if nolan wants him dead, we can believe that. but if he comes back we can believe that too. Maybe he left it open for us to decide, do we want him back? HELL YES we do.
TheMyth
TheMyth - 1/13/2009, 4:48 AM
A little off topic, but do you honestly know who I'd like to see, not like it'll happen. Killer Croc. I always liked that character. But, the next Bats movie should definitely have Catwoman along with whoever they choose.

Someone above said something about "Hush" which is to me one of the best Batman stories ever(not too mention Jim Lee did the artwork during that arc). It employed alot of villains and Friends through the whole story. But your right about it needing a setup to it.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/13/2009, 8:55 AM
Well theface, he looked dead to me! his neck was twisted around and he wasnt breathing!!
Jokerx0210
Jokerx0210 - 1/13/2009, 11:24 AM
grif: No he didn't. Also as for a story around Two-Face(if they want to make one since you said "he has no motivation to be in the 3rd") it is simple. say he is in a coma he comes out and hears about batman killing the 5 cops (that he killed but doesn't remember) so Two-Face decides to take up the Jokers offer to kill the batman. or he could continue to go after Gordon and Kill his wife and son. So don't be so simple minded man. as for rorschach01. I will admit Two-Face looked dead but If batman could survive the fall why can't Two-Face? I am just saying Keep the possibility's open for more films to come.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/13/2009, 12:12 PM
Im sure Two Face could have survived and i think it would have been great if he did..BUT HE DIDNT! His neck was broken, he wasnt breathing, we see his funeral and Nolan said hes dead!

I would love to see him back for another movie but unless hes a zombie it aint gonna happen.

i do like the idea of Gordon pretending he was dead and staging the funeral and what not..so i hope im wrong.
Jokerx0210
Jokerx0210 - 1/13/2009, 12:28 PM
rorschach01: You haven't seen the movie that much have you? Like I said before, it was just a memorial to Harvey Dent there was no Coffin, no tomb stone saying in loving memory of Harvey Dent. As for the script people make changes all the time It is called editing. If you notice there are things in the script that weren't in the movie. same type of concept. I have a friend that Acts in movies, Tv shows and what not, he even says the change the script on a daily bases. Just look at the possibility's is all I am saying. Look at the 1989 Batman Harvey dent was black, then in batman forever Harvey dent is played by Tommy lee Jones. though I do like the thought of the riddler and or killer croc.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/13/2009, 3:40 PM
jokerx ive seen the movie plenty of times but thats beside the point. So what if we dont see a coffin or a tombstone..Gordon was delivering a eulogy..and anyway, why the hell would there be any kind of memorial, tribute, gathering of any sort if the dude was still alive???

also im well aware of the changes in scripts and what not but that doesnt really matter once the film is there on the screen does it? Whats done is done. Anyway dont take my word for it, after all im only taking the directors..do some research online, im sure youl find the interview.
Jokerx0210
Jokerx0210 - 1/13/2009, 5:08 PM
rorschach01: Like batman said in the Movie "The Joker must not win." if there was no memorial to Dent then Every one that Two-face kept alive would think Dent/ two-face is dead. I am not saying you are wrong. I am just saying think out side the box. having dent dead and nothing more is thinking inside the box. so think out side it think of all the possibility's, All not what the director said not what the script says they all said DENT was dead. I agree with you there, just keep you mind open to possibility's is all I am saying
Booper
Booper - 1/13/2009, 6:15 PM
dent is dead. although a weak death but dead none the less.
dzza20
dzza20 - 1/13/2009, 10:16 PM
Here are my thoughts on the two-face return in the next batman movie... I don't think Chris Nolan had intended two-face to be a long term villan in his film. He is basically on a downward spiral from the moment he makes his first disfigured appearance. The whole point of him being in the movie was to ultimately die and leave batman to be the anti-hero in taking Dent's place when he went pyscho and started killing people at the end of the film. The premise of the enitre movie is that batman is not a hero in the traditional sense, thus why he is called "the dark knight". If Two-face was in any way revived in the next movie, this would destroy the theme of the 2nd movie.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/14/2009, 9:20 AM
Well thats one way of looking at it. I think Harvey Dent/Two Face is really the focus of the movie. Its his story all the way through. Batman and the joker represent both halves of his personality, both sides of his coin.
Aiiwolf
Aiiwolf - 1/14/2009, 12:57 PM
No. The movie was not About a damn coin...or even representing the two halves off that coin. The movie is called the DARK KNIGHT. Or else they would of just named it "Two face's Coin."

When Bruce is having a conversation at the dinner table with rachel and harvey...THeir talking about the White knight...and Rome. The whole point of the storyr was from that dinner table until the end off the movie when Gordon said.

"James Gordon Jr.: Why's he running, Dad?
Lt. James Gordon: Because we have to chase him.
James Gordon Jr.: He didn't do anything wrong.
Lt. James Gordon: Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.

THEN THE TITLE POPPED UP...The title TDK never was presented in the beginning off the movie...it was presented in the end. THats why christopher nolan never goes back. Hes done with SCARECROW, hes done with Harvey dent. Even the joker...

I think its time to move forward. I dont want to see a penguin in this movie. how about someone new...and interesting. Semorr Hoffman is a good choice but batman has so many villians to choose from.

I would love Johnny depp as Riddler....Dont care too much for catwoman....I'd rather see Talia-al-ghul then Selina kyle. They could end it with Talia and Bruce ending up together and them having a son DAMIEN. which is going on currently in the comics. End the trilogy off like that. Who knows. Its just an idea....I just hope the movie doesnt turn out like spiderman 3....or superman returns. Make a trilogy and end it.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/14/2009, 1:12 PM
I never said it was about the coin dude! your not great with symbolism are you? obviously Batman is the main character but Two faces story is the whole point of the narrative. the movie is about Harveys journey. That scene that your talking about is all about Harvey! hes the white knight. Hes the one that "lives long enough to see himself become the villain" but Batman decides to take the blame and lets him "die a hero". The Joker is just a force of nature that runs through the film, and he ultimately wins over harveys darker side, and he becomes Two Face
musicsuperhero
musicsuperhero - 1/14/2009, 5:42 PM
i read that eckhart asked nolan if two-face would return and before he could finish the question, nolan said: he's dead. so that would make me think that two-face wouldnt return. HOWEVER, that interview was done before Ledger died from my understanding. SO, because heath ledger died, nolan may change his plans and bring two-face back BECAUSE the ending is open to either interpretation. Nolan will not replace ledger. So he may change his mind and bring two-face back.
rushr
rushr - 1/14/2009, 8:21 PM
i know he wont.. thats what you guys dont understand. and even if he does we'll just be dissapointed after. trust me guys on this one.
check out a possible solution to the joker problem in my editorial at http://www.comicbookmovie.com/batman_movies/news/?a=5929
really think about guys..
rUsHr..............
theboneman21
theboneman21 - 1/14/2009, 8:45 PM
"Hes done with SCARECROW, hes done with Harvey dent. "

Except........Scarecrow DID come back.

Albeit briefly.

I don't know.

You can make the case - Batman is the villain for killing Dent. only, Batman isn't a villain so what is the other side of the coin ? Dent isn't dead.

I lean on the side of - Dent is dead, two face isn't.

The public didn't know Harvey Dent became two face.

So perhaps they held a fake funeral so as not to let the Joker win and perhaps he's in Arkham.

Who knows.

Makes for good theories.

Jokerx0210
Jokerx0210 - 1/15/2009, 9:37 AM
Well said rorschach. As for next Villains. I would like to see are, Clayface, Roman Sionis/or the riddler
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