After the flurry of Dark Knight casting announcements earlier this year, we were gearing ourselves up for an all-villain cast: Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, Tom Hardy as Bane, even allegedly Robin Williams as Hugo Strange. However, today’s news about Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Dark Knight Rises roles reminds us that at least some residents in Gotham have to be normals. Who else would constantly be in terrible danger?
Previous rumors asserted that Joseph Gordon-Levitt was cast as Alberto Falcone while Cotlliard would play Talia al Ghul, both bad guys from the Batman mythology. Luckily Warner Bros. issued a statement explaining that “Cotillard will appear as Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father’s philanthropic endeavors for Gotham,” while Gordon-Levitt will play “John Blake, a Gotham City beat cop assigned to special duty under the command of Commissioner Gordon. Maybe Christian Bale‘s Wayne can actually interact with people who aren’t sociopaths, at least until the stress of living the the world’s most supervillain-ridden burg finally drives them to madness.
