Aaron Eckhart On Resurrecting Two-Face For Batman 3

Aaron Eckhart On Resurrecting Two-Face For Batman 3

While promoting his movie Battle: Los Angeles at SDCC
, Eckhart pretty much confirmed what we already knew, but says he would definitely come back if Director Christopher Nolan asked him to...

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By MarkCassidy - Jul 22, 2010 04:07 PM EST
Filed Under: The Dark Knight Rises
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During the panel Q & A, Eckhart spoke about whether he thought The Joker would be recast in the next film, and his character Harvey Dent(Two-Face) would make another appearance..










"To recreate what Heath has done...I just don't think it's gonna happen. That's my instinct. Obviously, Heath was supposed to reprise the role in the next one; it was written that way. I don't know if they're going to go on. I suspect they will not have the Joker."


"I'm sure Two-Face has obviously died in the last one. I'm in the dark as much as anyone else,"


On returning for the 3rd movie if asked...

"That's something you can't say no to. I never thought I'd be in a Batman first of all; then when you're with Chris and a script like that, with those kinds of actors, it transcends any genre. You're just working on something really special. I would always work with Chris Nolan if he asked me to."


We already heard from Nolan that Two-Face is "Dead as a Dodo". But I can't help hoping that with a lack of any really great villains left to use that he might reconsider, especially given Eckhart's enthusiasm to return. Anyway, I realize its never gonna happen, but we can dream!


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CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 7/22/2010, 4:52 PM
man...he would have made such a good Captain America...
mk
mk - 7/22/2010, 5:04 PM
Eckhart for PYM!
mk
mk - 7/22/2010, 5:04 PM
Eckhart for PYM!
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 7/22/2010, 5:05 PM
@ CDB, agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 7/22/2010, 5:10 PM
@ captainamerica

i'm okay with Chris Evans, but Eckhart was my choice from the very beginning. he's got the look, the acting talent, and the presence to be a very believable Cap.
Creature
Creature - 7/22/2010, 5:10 PM
What a Twist! Pictures, Images and Photos
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/22/2010, 5:17 PM
Sorry guys, but Eckhart is way too old to play Captain America! He's a great actor but there's no way he could pull off a man in his twenties as Chris Evans easily can! He'd probably be ideal for the Cap who's in the current comic books each month but for the younger, movie version...no. :P

As for Batman 3, he did a great job with the character so it's a pity Nolan killed him off rather than bringing him back next time to develop further. At this point though, I think new villains would be better especially as they're planning on leaving The Joker behind for the time being!
lalosuper3001
lalosuper3001 - 7/22/2010, 5:22 PM
If they want to bring him back for the 3rd one, they can always say that two-face is really in Arkham in a coma, and that the city faked a funeral so people would not know Harvey became twisted. and then he wakes up, kills a few orderlies and escapes.
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 7/22/2010, 5:23 PM
@pig, I'd also like to see him play Hank Pym. Everyone talks about Fillion, but Eckhart looks exactly like him and he's a great actor.


AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 7/22/2010, 5:30 PM
Two-Face, Talia Al Ghul and Bane!:) Eckhart as Pym definitely!
TheQuestion
TheQuestion - 7/22/2010, 5:33 PM
The two biggest mistakes Nolan has made was killing Two-Face and not finding a younger actor for Alfred. Now, I love Michael Caine, but I want to see an Alfred closer in age to his comics counter part, between 50-60.
RedDevil
RedDevil - 7/22/2010, 5:37 PM
Man...what could've been if he was CapA. He would've been a solid choice but I'm okay with Chris Evans for now.
adwelsh78
adwelsh78 - 7/22/2010, 5:37 PM
no great villains left, really?

even in nolan's more gritty realistic world, there is a plethora of great villains, off the top of my head:

catwoman: michelle pfeiffer created an iconic image with the character, but when you do the research on the character, there is a lot of depth to the cat, and in a Rachel-less third movie, it'd be great to see a new female lead who could interact with bale, especially on the duality of both persona's which was actually done well imo in tim burtons film.

penguin: obviously doesn't have to be as deformed and gothic as burton's vision, but would make for a great secondary villian, such as the mobsters have been thus far in the nolan trilogy.

edward nigma, riddler: we've seen bale's batman in full 'captain america was a ninja mode'. a human being at a physical and mental peak, in regards to action. but we've yet to really see the other side of the bat, the ultimate detective, a character like the riddler would be great to illustrate the bat's smartz,a cerebral villain the riddler would be,and as there would be no joker to push the bat further mentally. this character imo would be a betting man's pick.

bane: i know nothing from this character, except from B:AA, but we've seen genetic based problems for the bat in BB's with the gas. so wouldn't be that un-plausible to see some result of a genetic experiment created a bane-type enemey, lets see the bat take on a true beast, rather than dogs and drugged up cronies.


and for the fanboy in me. any kind of lex/metropolis reference to ignite the fire of a nolan justice league film.
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 7/22/2010, 5:47 PM
was he dead? was he not dead? doesn't matter. no is right and no one is wrong because two-face is not a real person. however the fact is that if you watch the movie there are many suggestions made by characters that leave the door wide open for him to make a return. could he have died in the end? absolutely. could he have been alive and hidden so that the joker's final taunt would not be seen by Gotham? absolutely.

tho i agree with Ror@ - can't use joker? bring on two face. would help the third tie into the previous films and keep that mob connection.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 7/22/2010, 5:56 PM
OdinsBeard@ You got that right!
Rhys
Rhys - 7/22/2010, 5:58 PM
@pig, BIGBMH,

Agreed, he has always been my first choice for Pym.


Too bad they can't bring the Joker back, because, like he said himself, the Joker and Batman ARE destined to do that together. But now they can't without letting down the whole audience. Now Harvey "Two-Face" is my absolute favorite villain of all time from anything. And Aaron is and always will be the best Harvey. But he did die, and it would be ridiculous to bring him back, so I want them to leave him dead. So sad though, Eckhart/Nolans Two-Face was absolutely amazing! RIP Harvey! I am super happy about the fact that Two-Face will be appearing in Arkham Asylum 2!!! :D Eckhart was an Amazing Two-Face, sad I wont see that again!
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 7/22/2010, 6:17 PM
@Creature: Hilarious!
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 7/22/2010, 6:19 PM
Poison Ivy, you my dear are one character I wish Nolan would bring in..alas, real world silliness!

Adwelsh, I said REALLY great villains. Imo Penguin and Riddler suck donkey balls, Catwoman is great but it just doesn't look like its gonna happen, same with Bane. Two-Face has already been established, bring him back!

Rhys
Rhys - 7/22/2010, 6:20 PM
@adwelsh78,

Catwoman is great, love to see her appear. Penguin is not that great of a Batman villain, but would work extremely well in the Nolanverse. Riddler is a lame villain, I don't even know why he's one of Batmans more well known villains. Bane isn't the kind of villain I'd ever want to see in the Nolanverse.

Villains I'd love to see and I think would work well are Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. People complain that Poison Ivy wouldn't work in Nolans "realworld" feel, but I disagree. Watching Batman TAS recently, I noticed there was nothing that made her less translatable to the realworld than Two-Face, Ras Al Ghul, and The Joker. Take away her plant controlling powers(which she doesn't always have anyway) and then you got a seductive Eco-terrorist who built up an immunity to plant based toxins. And people say you can't have Harley without the Joker. But I think if she was his former psychiatrist who became enamored with him as the Joker, she decides to "take up his mantle" so to speak while he's in Arkham, later teaming with Poison Ivy.(Ivy and Harley have a long running partnership, you know). Thats how I wanna see the villains done in B3, not the stupid Riddler!
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 7/22/2010, 6:25 PM
fail
jjmeylar
jjmeylar - 7/22/2010, 6:29 PM
My thing is this: if they have The Riddler than who else would they have? The Riddler isn't a big enough character to carry an entire film on his shoulders. Now: I know that The Riddler hasn't be completely confirmed, but it's one of those things that is probably going to happen. What they need to do is basically re-do "Batman Forever" without Robin. So: Harvey is REALLY in Arkham and they do that whole memorial for the people to think that he's dead and died a hero. A few years later: Harvey breaks out of Arkham and hunts down Batman. The Riddler develops as a character and joins Harvey.

Now: if Heath weren't dead: I'd say scrap Harvey and have The Joker come back with Harley Quinn, but I think that it would be dishonorable to Heath's memory to do such a thing as recast The Joker seeing as it isn't absolutely necessary.
StrangeCosmic
StrangeCosmic - 7/22/2010, 6:48 PM
I second that @ToughGrappler
f4rrel
f4rrel - 7/22/2010, 6:54 PM
Let Dent dead as he is now. Bring on new characters and make this film an epic conclusion to this trillogy.

mk
mk - 7/22/2010, 7:13 PM
if they put riddler.. i think they can make it like he's joker protege but highly doubt that would happen
MRGRIMES
MRGRIMES - 7/22/2010, 7:40 PM
@pig I think if anybody would come close to being a Joker protege it would be Anarky, have him as some one who learned from the joker but used his chaos theme as a way to save the world not watch it burn heres the wiki on Anarky, why haven't anyone suggested this yet? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarky
DDD
DDD - 7/22/2010, 7:45 PM
Eckhart would make an excellent Hank Pym
but since Whedon's directing THE AVENGERS
I want Fillion for nostalgic reasons!

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slimybug
slimybug - 7/22/2010, 7:50 PM
@RorMachine - "But I can't help hoping that with a lack of any really great villains left to use"

Huh?
superotherside
superotherside - 7/22/2010, 9:01 PM
doubt he'll come back... too bad about heath too... still makes me sad... still the dark knight is way over hyped, it was a good film... but i think people carry on about it too much!
Minotauro
Minotauro - 7/22/2010, 9:45 PM
My avatar speaks volumes..
HeyVanity
HeyVanity - 7/22/2010, 10:06 PM
Ugh, I really wish they'd just bring someone else in to play the Joker. It does suck that Heath is gone and can't reprise his role, but the story shouldn't suffer because of it. I really hope Nolan doesn't just leave the Joker as he was at the end of TDK.

As far as Two-Face goes, I hate that he died in the last one, but I can get past it considering how great his arc was.
eleven59
eleven59 - 7/22/2010, 10:22 PM
why cant they make the riddler into a better villian? just bc hes been portrayed crappy before doesnt mean he cant be an epic guy now?

adwelsh78 said it best: noone has yet to test batman's detective skills.... they've all been physical or psychotic.... i was thinking that the other day... no reason why riddler has to be corny with stupid jim carey riddles and cant be a criminal mastermind with genuine challenging riddles can he?

would be perfect distraction for batman while something more sinister takes place. robert englund can play him lol

harley would be nice addition too
eleven59
eleven59 - 7/22/2010, 10:26 PM
they also have to get off this idea that cant have the joker now bc heath played him.. thats BS... its the joker... the #1 villian in comics, batmans biggest foe and like bond, the joker is bigger than any actor that plays him!! and has been around longer than any actor that has played him!! that should trump any idea that he's off limits!

they didnt stop making bond movies when connery left did they? (although some they shouldnt have lol)
Vital
Vital - 7/22/2010, 11:40 PM
People honestly think Catwoman and Penguin are good villians? Exlain that to me. No really, do. Catwoman is just sex, she can't possibly beat up Batman, it makes no sense, and Batman would lose all credibility as Batman if he got beaten up by a sexy chick. (No offense to sexy chicks lol). It's unrealistic as hell in just that aspect. Having Selina Kyle in the film, no problem, I'd welcome it. Catwoman though? Pass. Penguin? Don't even get me started on that waste of space lol.

Eleven, your bond comparison/contrast thing is from left field. Why, you might ask? Well first off, Heath's performance as Joker was better than any other villianous role in history other than Jack Nicholson himself as the character. It's hard to top Heath's performance, it really is. Not saying Heath is the best actor in the world or I love him or any of that, I'm just saying, in regards to Joker, Heath out acted almost everyone besides Eckhart. No joke. 2ndly, Sean Connery didn't die shortly after filming 9 or however Bond movies (or just 1 in Heath's case for just TDK). Sean Connery isn't that great of an actor, he's okay, but he didn't blow people away like Heath did. Sean Connery a good Bond? Yes, but that's not what we are talking about, we are talking about your comparison (which was misjudged on your behalf no offense). I don't even know where you even thought that comparison would make sense to begin with. (No offense again this is just convo talk).
Crazyhorrormovienerd
Crazyhorrormovienerd - 7/23/2010, 12:33 AM
If Joker where still usable I would definitely say bring in Harley! I've always wanted to see a film version of her.

As far as Two Face goes, they were very uncertain about his death. I don't recall them ever saying "He's dead" they said stuff like "We can't let the Joker win, or else everything Harvey worked for will be for nothing." and IMO I believe that they did that for a reason. They didn't want to flat out say he's dead in case they change their minds. I don't know I just think it's a little suspicious that they would be so vague about his fate.
breakUbatman
breakUbatman - 7/23/2010, 1:16 AM
LACK OF ANY GREAT VILLAINS LEFT TO USE?
prinzjoker
prinzjoker - 7/23/2010, 4:58 AM
Bring Riddler in the third. Scarcrow again to show up. Two-Face will be cool again. That's It 3 villians.
Batman Begins had scarcrow valcony and Ra's

The Dark Knight had a returning Scarcrow Twoface and Joker.

Batman 3 Scarcrow Twoface and the Riddler.
if they dont want to show Twoface bring back Ra's with the pit that keeps him alive. Now that will be awsome
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