Who is Tom Hardy Playing in “The Dark Knight Rises”?

I know people are itching to find out any of the smallest details about the next Batman film.  After The Dark Knight and Inception, how can you not be excited to see what Christopher Nolan is cooking up for his final Batman film?  The only new actor that has been announced to join the all-star cast is Tom Hardy, but who exactly will Mr. Hardy be playing? 

That’s a good question because no one really knows.

But I can tell you he is not playing Dr. Hugo Strange.  At least that is what batman-on-film.com is reporting.  This is a site that I trust a little more than I would any other Batman site because the site does not report every little rumor that flies around unless they can back it up with fact.  The site director has a pretty good relationship with the folks over at Warner Brothers, and they will usually confirm or deny rumors that he asks them. 

So this still leaves us to our question of who is Tom Hardy playing in The Dark Knight Rises?  Well if you go back to my article that I wrote here, I still stand my theory that Hardy will be playing the police detective that is assigned to hunt down Batman.  That is if Nolan is following that storyline.

Who do you think will be the villain?  And who do you want to play the villain?  Let us know in the comments below.

7 Comments

  • mannahz , December 20, 2010

    im not really suprised that he wont play hugo strange,i didnt think he was going to…that doesnt mean that hugo strange might not be in the film though…ive got a feeling its going to be deadshot or hush..everybody saying black mask..and i agree nolan can make things ‘work’ but in reality how would he do black mask..the guy had a black skull for a face…the only way i think he could do black mask is if he had make up on(joker ish) or a mask or hood type of thing (scarecrow ish )..hush has been pushed back in the rumors ive noticed maybe it could be him..but who knows guys it could be someone we dont expect at all…i personally like catwoman but not for the next film…just my opinion..ive seen alot of people talk shit and start arguments on comments like this to which i think is mad as fuk haha anyway peace…mannahz

  • Josh , December 20, 2010

    Glad that Strange looks to be a non-entity in this movie. He’s always been more or less a bit player in the Bat-universe, IMO. What I hope this means is serious screen time for Black Mask, whose could be monstrous if Nolan-ized.

  • Boochiesbob , December 20, 2010

    I wouldn’t doubt if Nolan creates a new character or if there is no main villian rather the whole city becomes over run by the mob and literally the entire population is half good and half bad

  • Dan , December 21, 2010

    Black Mask.

  • Urdu , December 21, 2010

    He looks like a young Liam Neeson, don’t you think?

  • nads , January 11, 2011

    hardy will either be bullock or black mask, but since he shaved his head, who knows? maybe its to help with the black mask, but i was really hoping for bullock, because with talia al ghul being in the movie, id say bullock will have a female partner. or they could be just choosing a love interest for bruce and a female for talia, i hope its bullock and black mask together

    • Tim , January 11, 2011

      Hardy is filming another film before TDKR. That’s why he shaved his head…Who said Talia was going to be in it?

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