Kim Basinger, Michelle Phieffer, Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman, Katie Holmes, Maggie Gyllenhall...what's a Batman movie without hot chicks?
Seems like Christopher Nolan's next installment in the Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, will be continuing the trend. Two roles are set to be cast, one supposedly a villain/love interest role for Batman and another just an outright love interest part. Speculation is that the villain will be Talia Head (insert oral sex joke here) who is the daughter of Ra's Al Ghul from Batman Begins. The other part is possibly Vicki Vale. Again remember this is just speculation. Nothing has yet been confirmed.
However, what has been confirmed by hollywoodreporter.com is who will be reading for the parts. According to the site, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, and Keira Knightly are all slated to test for the roles in the next couple weeks. Additionally, Charlotte Riley and Kate Mara have also been mentioned.
My goodness, decisions decisions.
Obviously all of these women are beautiful but Christopher Nolan's characters need to have brains, beauty, and acting chops. That tells me that Jessica Biel is out. (Sorry honey you're hot and all but you also made Summer Catch so you're disqualified.) Kata Mara is probably also unlikely only because she doesn't have much of a pedigree. Her roles included parts in Shooter and We Are Marshall, neither of which were memorable.
That leaves Keira Knightly and Anne Hathaway. Aside from being beautiful, both women are intelligent and would fit easily into a Batman film. Furthermore, both actresses have been nominated for Oscars before. Knightley was nominated for 2005's Pride and Prejudice and Hathaway for 2008's Rachel Getting Married.
The dark horse in this race may be Charlotte Riley, a British actress best known for her roles in Wuthering Heights and Easy Virtue. I say that she may be the dark horse because it just so happens that she is engaged to Tom Hardy, who is playing the main villain in The Dark Knight Rises. Whether nepotism factors in or not remains to be seen. If she gets the part it will be because of her acting acumen not who she is about to walk down the aisle with.
In any event filmgoers will once again be treated to some fantastic eye candy in July 2012.
To quote Wayne Campbell of Wayne's World: "Schwing!"
I'd like to think that I had something to do with that "Summer Catch zing" with regards to Jessica Biel.
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