Two Face Revealed: Eckhart Talks 'The Dark Knight'

by Elisabeth Rappe May 5th 2008 // 10:32AM

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Above: Aaron Eckhart as the villain Two Face in a very brief appearance during the latest trailer for The Dark Knight.

Fresh on the heels of the new trailer comes a Los Angeles Times interview with Aaron Eckhart. Possible spoilers abound -- in fact, I think there is a fairly huge one in there that I cannot believe slipped by. And people rag on us for being spoil sports! So, in order to preserve your innocence (I'm upset that mine is now gone), I shall copy the best quotes here.

Eckhart addressed the fact that the world has not been given a glimpse of his scarred district attorney, and promised that whatever fans have cooked up in their brains is nothing like what we're going to see. "That's right, people don't really know yet. I can tell you that, basically, when you look at Two-Face, you should get sick to your stomach. Being the guy under all that, well, that was a lot of fun for me. It's like you would feel if you met someone whose face had pretty much been ripped off or burned off with acid. I can't talk about it beyond that because I don't want to give away too much of the plans by Chris. There are fans on the Internet who have done artist's versions of what they think it will look like, and I can tell you this: They're thinking small; Chris is going way farther than people think."


Gallery: The Dark Knight



I always find it remarkable how much Internet fandom makes it to the eyes of actors and directors. Watch what you write on your blogs -- they're everywhere!

Eckhart sees Two-Face as a vigilante crime fighter; a man who retains a strong sense of justice despite what befalls him. I'm not quoting all of Eckhart here, because I am fairly convinced he spoiled something, but the rest is safe: "My guy identifies with everybody in the movie. Really, all of it is more than an adventure tale, it's somewhat of a mirror of our times. It deals with some fundamental questions of what's going on in society. To me, this film is about how Batman feels about justice, how he takes care of the city, how he feels about the Joker when he meets him and sees what he is capable of doing. How he feels when Harvey Two-Face takes matters into his own hands. It's not simple, and it gets ugly. I think people will be surprised."

The Dark Knight arrives on July 18.

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