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Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway to Join Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises Movie

Tom Hardy
Tom Hardy

Anne Hathaway will play Selina Kyle and Tom Hardy will play Bane opposite Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne/Batman in The Dark Knight Rises, according to published reports. Christopher Nolan will direct the movie.

Hathaway’s character is perhaps better known by her own alter ego: The Catwoman. Bane is a formidable villain who in the DC comic book universe (which inspired the film series) is best known for breaking Batman’s back in the early 1990s.

Hathaway’s stage credits include Twelfth Night, Carnival, Jane Eyre, and Gigi. She received an Academy Award nomination for Rachel Getting Married, and also appeared in the films Bride Wars, The Devil Wears Prada, Get Smart, Brokeback Mountain, and The Princess Diaries.

Hardy received an Olivier Award nomination and a London Evening Standard Theatre Award for his role in All Be Kings and starred in Long Red Road, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre in early 2010. His film credits include Wuthering Heights, RocknRolla, and Bronson.