Guy Pearce For Harvey Dent?
Filed under: Action, Casting, RumorMonger, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels
From the ever-vigilant folks over at Batman-on-Film comes a new casting rumor for Chris Nolan's upcoming sequel. BOF of course points out this news is only the "inside scuttlebutt" they've been hearing, and is not a verifiable fact in any way, so keep that under consideration as you read. Liev Schreiber has long been the frontrunner for the role of Harvey Dent (the man who would be Two-Face), and although he has been challenged in many rumors, his name continued to stick around while the others faded into the background. The newest rumor regarding the role reports Schreiber is out of the running and Guy Pearce (who worked with Nolan on Memento) is now the new favorite. Pearce has been tossed about before in connection to the role, but his name has apparently reached a new surge in "insider" popularity, bringing him back into the limelight. BOF also notes to expect more "official" casting news sometime in mid-October, during and around the release of Nolan's current film, The Prestige.So what do you think, Bat-fans? I still like the Schreiber angle myself, but Guy Pearce wouldn't be a bad trade in my book.
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9-18-2006 @ 3:23PM
Nick James said...
Waaaaaaay back before Begins was even released, there were rumors that Guy Pearce was going to be Harvey Dent.
I think they're just speculation since Guy Pearce starred in Memento.
I'm sure we're going to start hearing Hugh Jackman rumors once The Prestige is released too...
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9-18-2006 @ 11:02PM
richard said...
Pearce was in the running for Batman himself before Bale was cast - I was rooting for Guy but Bale turned out to be great too.
The next Bat-pic can only gain from Guy Pearce's involvement!
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9-19-2006 @ 11:05AM
Tish M. said...
Totally agree, Richard!
I hope this rumor actually turns out to be true. I'd love to see more Guy Pearce. Then again, I can't argue with Liev Schreiber, either. I've liked everything I've seen him in so far.
Either is good.
At least I'll have something nice to look forward to while trying to block thoughts of Heath Ledger as the joker out of my mind until the movie comes out. (I'm very cautiously optimistic on that, but that's for another time )
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9-19-2006 @ 12:52PM
RP said...
I'd cast Pearce in a flash for the role
Thank god those Ryan Phillipe rumours have gone the way of the Dodo.
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9-23-2006 @ 11:08PM
Jack Tomasz said...
Wow!! This is so exciting I can't wait for Dark Knight and agree that Guy Pearce would be a fine addition. BTW I came across this the other day which you guys might find interesting. A demo site by composer Tom Graczkowski, he posted there a link to a Dark Knight music theme he wrote inspired by the upcoming movie. It's awesome!!! :)
http://www.tdimension.ca/demo1.htm
Peace,
Jacko
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