two-face to face the batman...again?
Eckhart wants role in 'Batman' sequel
Friday, September 18 2009, 23:15 BST
By Mark Langshaw, Gaming/Comics Reporter
Rex Features
Aaron Eckhart has expressed interest in reprising his role as Two-Face in Christopher Nolan's follow-up to The Dark Knight.
The actor portrayed Harvey Dent and his disfigured alter-ego in Batman's last film outing, which saw the character seemingly killed off in the end. Eckhart, however, is now appealing to Nolan to bring the villain back in a soap opera-inspired twist.
"I think I've talked myself out of the job. I thought I'd died. But you know, America's grown up on soap operas and reinventing people so why doesn't Chris take that into consideration," he said.
Eckhart added that he would "love" to return as the character, but would understand if Nolan made a clean break from the last film out of respect for the late Heath Ledger, who died from an accidental drug overdose in January 2008.
"If Chris asked me back, I would love to. Heath really was meant to come back as The Joker [for the next movie] as we all would want him to do so. Maybe this will be the way it is and be its own little thing."
Production on the next Batman film is rumoured to begin next year.
I would love to see that role again because I think he nailed two-face but I just think after the way it ended in Dark Knight I am not sure its going to be easy to write him back in...it could end the arguments on whether he broke his neck when he fell.
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