This is pretty spoiler-ish, so I’m not going to put anything that could give away the surprise in the first few lines here, since this text will appear on the front page. So consider this spoiler space!
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Josh Pence (AKA Armie Hammer‘s “twin” body double in The Social Network) has been cast as a young Ra’s al Ghul for flashback scenes in The Dark Knight Rises, the character that was played byLiam Neeson in Batman Begins (of course, there was also Ken Watanabeas the decoy Ra’s al Ghul, too).
There definitely is a resemblance between the two:
The current speculation is that these flashback scenes will involve the birth of Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter, Talia — who is widely speculated to be in the film, to be played by Marion Cotillard (Inception). The comic book Talia is a rival for Batman’s affection (current continuity even says they have a child together, who is Damian Wayne, the current Robin), but it seems more likely that Nolan’s Talia will join Tom Hardy‘s Bane against the Dark Knight. In fact, in the comics, Ra’s al Ghul tried to marry his daughter to Bane in the 1998 Bane of the Demon storyline. Whether any of that will feature into Christopher Nolan‘s film is anyone’s guess, since it’s obvious that Nolan is keeping his mouth even more shut than usual!
The Dark Knight Rises stars Christian Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Anne Hathawayas Catwoman/Selina Kyle, Tom Hardy as Bane, Michael Caine as Alfred, and Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon. Jordan Gordon-Levitt is also reportedly in the film in an unspecified role. Christopher Nolan, of course, is returning to direct from a script by the Nolan brothers.
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