Tom Hardy is rumored to have been cast as
Dr Hugo Strange in director Christopher Nolan's film
The Dark Knight Rises.
Total Film reports that the upcoming sequel will be based on the graphic novel "Prey" and feature Batman being pursued by Hardy's deranged police psychiatrist.
"Prey" is a segment in the graphic novel
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight and was launched in 1989 with the popularity of the Batman movie, following Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One."
Here is the synopsis for the Graphic Novel "Prey":
Gotham City's new psychiatrist, Hugo Strange, is obsessed with Batman. He convinces the mayor to prepare a special task force to capture Batman with Commissioner Gordon as its head. Gordon deploys the seemingly not-too-bright, overzealous Sgt. Max Cort to lead the task force. Later, it is found that Strange hates the Batman because he loves what the Batman does, becoming a creature of the night but he can't do it. He deduces the Batman's identity and plays psychologically with him by placing life-like mannequins of his parents in Wayne Manor with audio tapes. He then hypnotizes Sgt. Cort into donning a costume & becoming another vigilante, who then kidnaps the mayor's daughter. Batman rescues the mayor's daughter, while Hugo Strange is shot several times before falling into Gotham Bay. His body is never recovered. Other characters featured in "Batman: Prey" that are likely to be featured in TDKR if it closely follows the plot (which it won't) are
Catwoman and
Sal Maroni.
What do you think of this? This sounds like it's right up Nolan's street and after doing some reading on this graphic novel see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Strange
Could this be the cast list:
Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman
Tom Hardy as Hugo Strange
Gary Oldman as James Gordon
Rachel Weisz as Selina Kyle / Catwoman
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth
Eric Roberts as Sal Maroni
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