10 Interesting Facts About “The Dark Knight Rises”
6. ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ earned more than $30 million in midnight shows, which is the second highest after the midnight show earnings of ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.’
7. Five of the actors in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard and Cillian Murphy, also appear in Christopher Nolan’s previous directorial venture, ‘Inception.’
8. Christian Bale is the first and only actor till date to have appeared as Batman or Bruce Wayne in three subsequent Batman movies. Prior to this, Kevin Conroy had played Batman in seven animated movies.
9. Anne Hathaway won the role of Selina Kyle (Catwoman) after stringent auditions. About 15 well-known actors had auditioned for the role including Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman and Olivia Wilde.
10. Christian Bale refused to play the role of Batman if anywhere in the trilogy the character of Robin appeared. Christopher Nolan agreed and Robin did not appear anywhere in the three movies but towards the end of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, there is an unexpected mention of ‘Robin’. It turns out to be the real name of one of the characters.
