Friday 20 May 2011

First Picture of Tom Hardy as Bane Revealed

#TheFireRises

Twitter users were prompted to add that hashtag to their tweets in order to reveal a publicity photo from the upcoming third Batman film by Christopher Nolan; The Dark Knight Rises.

The subject of that photo? None other than Tom Hardy as super-buff super-villain Bane:


A lot of controversy surrounded the announcement of Hardy's casting as Bane - the Inception star seemed far from the type to play a muscle-bound assassin. However, it seems he's been putting a few hours away in the gym!

So what do we think - is Hardy proving convincing as the man to break the Bat? I'm pleasantly surprised. Bane was always going to be a tough character to portray in the realistic, gritty manner Nolan has taken his adaptation of the Caped Crusader in, but the way things are looking in this picture should put any doubters at ease. We should have known never to doubt Mr. Nolan!

The Dark Knight Rises is scheduled to be released on July 20th 2012.

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