Top 10 AD Characters
6 of the Best Tarantino Scenes
Unlikely Romantic Scenes
Who Could Join Avengers 2?
The Hangover Part 3 Interviews
You are here: Home / News / Casting / The Dark Knight Rises Actress Shortlist

The Dark Knight Rises Actress Shortlist

January 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
StumbleUponRedditPinterestShare

Christopher Nolan is meeting with some of Hollywood’s leading actresses – as well as a few emerging talents – for two major female roles in The Dark Knight Rises, the third installment in his highly-acclaimed Batman franchise.

A source has told The Hollywood Reporter that Jessica Biel (The A-Team), Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs), Keira Knightley (Never Let Me Go), Kate Mara (127 Hours) and Charlotte Riley (Easy Virtue) are set to test for Warner Bros. in the next two weeks.

The actresses are vying for two roles, a love interest and a villain, who may or may not be Talia, the daughter of villain Ra’s Al Ghul – played by Liam Neeson in Batman Begins.

The Dark Knight Rises will be directed by Nolan from a script written by David Goyer. Filming is expected to commence in May.

Warner Bros. will release the film on July 20, 2012.

Title: The Dark Knight Rises Actress Shortlist
Reviewed by Jamie Neish on Jan 12
Rating:

Like HeyUGuys on Facebook




About Jamie Neish

23-year-old student and aspiring freelance film writer. A lover of many things, namely tea, Laura Marling, prolific Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar and spontaneity. Visit my own website here - http://emptyscreens.com/

  • Dave Roper

    Oh, please, anyone but Knightley. She’s been great in plenty of roles, but just feels *all* wrong for Nolan’s Gotham. Too brittle, too insubstantial. Happy to be proved wrong, but seems like a bad idea.

  • Jamie Neish

    I agree. Personally, I’d like to see Jessica Biel or Gemma Arterton in the role(s). Hathaway is too light-heartedly mainstream, Mara is busy being Lisbeth, and I’ve never heard of Riley.