In all the debate about the sequel to The Dark Knight, a lot of people suggested the possible return of Harvey Dent and the Two Face character. In an interview with Coming Soon, Aaron Eckhart has confirmed once and for all that Harvey Dent is dead. It is also interesting to hear that the original plan was to bring The Joker back for the third movie, whether that will still happen is highly debatable.
CS/SHH!: Is Harvey Dent alive?
Aaron Eckhart: No. He is dead as a door nail.CS/SHH!: So he’s not coming back?
Eckhart: He ain’t coming back baby!CS/SHH!: I was hoping he would.
Eckhart: No. I asked Chris [Nolan] that question and he goes, “You’re dead” before I could even get the question out of my mouth. “Hey Chris, am I?” “You’re dead!” Alright, cool.CS/SHH!: That’s not a problem in comic book movies. You could still come back.
Eckhart: I think in contract negotiations it’s a problem.CS/SHH!: So you were never signed on for another film?
Eckhart: No, I’m not coming back. I think unfortunately, Heath [Ledger] was supposed to go on and that didn’t work out. I’m nobody. I’m a cog. I have no say over this sort of stuff. I’m sure that there’s so many other characters that they could whip together. I heard Angelina Jolie was going to be Catwoman or something like that. I thought that was a great idea. I’d like to be in that one.
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joesph gordon levitt. one look at his face, and you will see why.
What a load of crap!
I’m devastated Heath Ledger is dead, and the force behind potentially the best villainous portrayal of the century has faded away. His Joker performance was of another world. I’m dying to see Joker again (though it’s not going to happen) but I’m disgusted by someone else playing as him. This is how it works:
They perform worse than Heath = It’s an insult
They perform better than Heath = INSULT.
They perform exactly like Heath = Dead insult.
Heath Ledger will own that role for eternity. The next TDK film will be empty without him.
I definetely dont want to see another Joker, Heath just did to good of a job to change the actor. That is like having someone other then Christian Bale play Batma.
Now I hope Two Face isnt really dead because I really think he would be perfect to have in a riddler/catwoman movie. I personally belive he isnt dead and they faked his death to the public so they wouldnt have to know that the now criminaly insane Harvey is being held in Arkham. It would be perfect, he breaks out, basically takes over Maronis posistion and turns into the most infamous mob boss in Gothams history. Because I really dont think the Riddler or Catwoman would be able to have their own movie without some serious support. But thats just me.
u guys r just freaks
anyone could play joker you guys just say dat cuz hes dead
u guys r just freak anyone could play joker
u just say dat cuz hes dead
i think its cuz the director is why he was so good
It’s more so the actor Mr. WTF, Heath Ledger prepared for the role, he acted the role, not Mr. Nolan.
For Two-Face. Wow, Nolan, BAD MOVE, it’s like how Venom is in Spider-Man 3. Does he hate Two-Face?
I would love to see a movie about other villains. Hear me out though…
Nearing the end, you hear ledger’s voice (saying something like he created all the chaos), then he comes out of the dark, you wait to see who he is (actorwise) and it sends chills down your spine when it is actually LEDGER!. Yeah!, they must have outtakes, practice sessions, alternate stuff, don’t waste that on bonus features on the dvd or blu-ray, use it to surprise the audience at the end of part 3!
No one shall or can replace heath ledgers performance in batman. his performance is one of a kind and outstanding. His untimely death was sad and shocking to us all. we were left wondering who is gonna replace him in the next sequel, like i said no one can replace him but as the saying goes( the show must go on) It would take months of research and study of every move of heath ledger portreyal of the joker. and in tribute and honor to his portreyal, i think either jake jylenhall or josh brolin could play the part of the joker.
As much as I hate to say it, I think the joker has to be in the next movie. The dramatic effect his character had on Gotham makes a Gotham suddenly without him less believable. And while no one can ever play the Joker exactly like Ledger, putting a little spin on him isn’t such a bad thing. There are ways to tweek the character while staying true to Nolan’s dark style. This might sound crazy but I would love to see Mark Hamill give it a try. You not think so but just from a voice standpoint he’s the first voice I envision when thinking of the joker and his character could be a nice mesh of his cartoon version and Nolan’s darker version.
heath was absolutely fantastic as the joker and one of the best performance i have ever seen (and i can judge as i act myself) but not to bring the joker back would be an insult to his memory. ledger wouldnt want the character he will be most remembered for to be faded away with him. bringin the joker back would also raise awareness of the original character in this version of the batman series. contradictin myself a little bit here, we’re all just presumin what heath would want, but life goes on.
bring back the joker, but not yet…
r.i.p heath ledger
also the actress for rachel dawes was changed, different circumstances yes, but never-the-less there may be an actor out there who can pay tribute to ledgers brilliant performance as maggie gyllenhaal took over in fantastic fashion from katie holmes. but whatever happens its the directors choice and if we are all fans here then we will respect his decision.
wow, I wish people ( movie makers ) would do their research before making or even updating a movie. these new batman movies are bad, they don’t go with the old ones. two face is not dead, he wasn’t even blond, and if you ask me Tommy Lee played him better, the make-up was better in the new movie I’ll give them that. As for the way he became two face was way off as well. As for Bruce, he did not become batman until after the death of his parents not before. Anyway if you ask me I think they should have two face come back just so they can join up the missing link between the dark knight and batman forever. As for the joker, I feel Heath Ledger did an amazing job as the joker, he would have made Jack Nicholson proud, he really did his homework on the facial expressions, there will be no better joker then him. I hope they leave joker out of the next one, he was caught, hes now in the asylum.
I’ve been rereading a bunch of the old comics lately (Dark Victory to be exact) and I think that the whole interview saying that harvey dent is dead could be just playing on a whole theme in Dark Victory. Two-Face says throughout the whole story that harvey dent is dead, and that two face has taken over. When Eckhart says “No. He is dead as a door nail” he could mean figuratively H.D. is dead because two face has truely taken over him mentally. But then again it could be literal. That’s my two cents.
Also by the way i would love to see Riddler in the story since there are really so many things you can do with the character.