Tom Hardy And Marion Cotillard Talk More About Working On The Dark Knight Rises!

Our first excerpt comes from a lengthy interview with Tom Hardy in The Guardian. While not revealing anything much about The Dark Knight Rises, he does share his thoughts on working with Christian Bale, as well as his fellow actors somewhat complicated relationship with the press. Below that, there's a video interview with Marion Cotillard from Access Hollywood, where she talks briefly about the "amazing" experience of working on the highly anticipated movie from Christopher Nolan.

We thought the refusal to be photographed was because his body looks different now he is shooting as Bane from how it looked in Warrior, the film he's promoting today. "Well, I'm metamorphosing my character as best I can and because I'm not Christian Bale, it's difficult." I tell Hardy of a charming story in which Christian Bale, who plays Batman opposite Hardy in The Dark Knight Rises, told an interviewer he would like to "piss on the shoes" of a critic who had commented on his "trademark weight-loss" acting. "Why would he want to piss on anyone's shoes?" asks Hardy sensibly. Maybe he could ask him on the set of The Dark Knight Rises when they're not comparing muscles. "Don't think I'll be doing that."

Does he feel as sensitive as Bale to journalists writing about his body? "Not yet. At the moment it's a way of identifying me. That's how people initially identified Christian Bale. Who's he? He's that bloke whose ribs you saw. Then he's that bloke who swore at the DOP. Then he's that bloke who was great in The Machinist."

His PR minder enters, insisting we wind up. Maybe he will feel differently when he is more established. Maybe you'll be duffing up interviewers and ruining their footwear. "Maybe. I have to make my bones with Hollywood to get in. And when I do maybe I'll metamorphose from Mr Muscles or whatever it is I am now and become an irascible tosser." I'm just glad to get out of the room with dry shoes and no black eye.