The Dark Knight Rises - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of The Dark Knight Rises or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Dark Knight Rises

[chris]

According to Gary Oldman, Christopher Nolan told the actors and actresses the ending of the movie verbally to avoid any leaks.

[ava]

Writer, producer, and director Christopher Nolan said that this movie's theme deals with "consequences". For Batman Begins (2005), it was "fear", while The Dark Knight (2008) dealt with "chaos".

[frances]

About a year before this movie's release, writer, producer, and director Christopher Nolan mentioned he was considering using a mixture of CGI and deleted scenes from The Dark Knight (2008) to have The Joker appear briefly. He ultimately decided it was disrespectful to Heath Ledger.

[mathew]

While doing promotional interviews for this movie, Tom Hardy stated that the most difficult parts of the movie to shoot were the fight scenes. Not because of the physicality of them, but because he was such a huge Batman fan growing up that he said "it felt like I was beating up my childhood hero." However, he also said that despite his worship of the character, the moment Christopher Nolan yelled "Action"!, Hardy just started throwing punches as hard as he could.

[alyssa]

(At around fifty-five minutes) When Selina Kyle disappears from a rooftop, Batman's remark "So that's what that feels like" is lifted directly from the DC graphic novel "Kingdom Come". Even the circumstance is similar, except it was with Superman.

[clayton]

Tom Hardy, standing at 5'9", had to wear three-inch lifts to make his character Bane appear as tall, or taller than co-stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, and Sir Michael Caine.

[ruby]

Dr. Jonathan Crane a.k.a. The Scarecrow (Cillian Murphy) is the only villain to appear in all three of The Dark Knight movies.

[kenneth]

(At around one hour and twenty-eight minutes) According to producers, the line "That's a lovely, lovely voice" was improvised by Tom Hardy.

[kylie]

(At around fifteen minutes) When Bruce Wayne traces the fake fingerprints that Catwoman was wearing when she cracked his safe, the result shows a "Nikolai Ondrejko". This is the same name that was used by The Joker to author the fake obituary for the Mayor in The Dark Knight (2008).

[kim]

Tom Hardy accepted the role of Bane without reading the script. He was verbally told that he would have unprecedented access to extensive stunt training and equipment that he could enjoy knocking around.

[jesse]

Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Gosling, and Mark Ruffalo were considered to play John Blake.

[michele]

Anne Hathaway has said that she desperately coveted the role of Catwoman, and was a complete nervous wreck after her audition. The first time her agent phoned after her screentest, he said he had good news and asked if Hathaway was sitting down. Hathaway immediately screamed "I'm Catwoman!" and ran around the room in a frenzy. Unfortunately, her agent had to calm Hathaway down. He had called to let her know that she'd been invited to host the Academy Awards. Hathaway has said she was so shocked she went numb at the offer. Fortunately, shortly thereafter, her agent phoned again to let her know that she had been offered the part of Catwoman as well.

[stephanie]

According to Christopher Nolan, Bane was chosen as this movie's main antagonist "to test Batman mentally as well as physically", two major characteristics of Bane from the comic series.

[ray]

To prepare for his role as Bane, Tom Hardy gained thirty pounds and studied various fighting styles.

[frances]

Tom Hardy has several large tattoos on his chest and arms that had to be covered using heavy cake make-up for this movie.

[toni]

Out of respect for Heath Ledger, The Joker is never mentioned.

[frederick]

A close look on the handheld walkie-talkies used by the Gotham City Police Department reveals an old DC Comic logo.

[miriam]

Christian Bale is the first actor to portray Batman/Bruce Wayne in three Batman movies.

[bessie]

Bane's theme is a chant which features the term "deshi basara", which is Moroccan for the word "rise".