Production of The Dark Knight Rises continues in Los Angeles, but that doesn’t mean that’s where you’re going to find all of the cast right now. And one or two of them have been chatting about the film, as they go about promoting other movies.
Gary Oldman, for instance, is publicising Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in the UK right now, ahead of its release on Friday (it comes out in the US in December). Oldman briefly chatted about The Dark Knight Rises to Metro while undertaking promotional work, and he teased that “you’re going to be very happy”.
He did add that it’s a bit frustrating to be going “back and forth on a job”. “When you play someone such as Smiley [his character in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy], you’re there for 12 weeks, you’re working every day”, he added. But when working on a blockbuster? They keep you “chained to a role for months. I can’t shave my moustache off, have my hair cut or get a suntan. But life could be worse”.
Nestor Carbonell, meanwhile, is playing Mayor Anthony Garcia in the movie, and he told MTV that he wrapped on the film last month.
He’s full of praise for Christopher Nolan’s production, too. “What I saw of the sets was just unbelievable,” he said. “When we were shooting a particular scene I snuck around to see the image on the dolly of what the D.P., Wally Pfister, Academy Award Winner [was shooting]. I looked and immediately thought, Wow, I see why he is who he is, it's beautifully framed, beautifully shot, half is on IMAX”.
Of Christopher Nolan and the film itself, he said that "He's one of these amazing storytellers in our generation, he's one of the guys who's taken that genre and grounded it and done something with it that hasn't done before. He's made it that much more real, much more accessible, and he's made a psychological thriller out of all of them, so he's great, he's amazing."
Next, USA Today caught up with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who is currently promoting his upcoming cancer comedy/drama, 50/50.
While not spilling any plot points, as you might expect, the actor said that "I can tell you that one of the things I admire most about Mr Nolan is that he understands that the story begins before the movie does. He's already telling the story that he's got cooked up. He's a master storyteller. Every little bit of information he lets out, he does it at the proper time”.
Finally, a story has popped up regarding how Tom Hardy has been portraying Bane in the film. Hardy has had to up his weight to 200lb for the part, but it turns out he’s also had to wear special shoes, that lift him up by a further three inches. Just thought you’d want to know that. The story originated in The Sun, so there’s no guarantee it’ll be true anyway.
The Dark Knight Rises arrives next July.