Which villain is in the dark knight rises

In contrast to the man who would become Batman, however, Tommy took a darker path and, in the years that followed, orchestrated a sophisticated plot to destroy his old friend. Some fans clamored for actor Michael Sheen to play the role of Hush, and Tom Hardy was also rumored to have been cast as the mysterious villain before his true role was revealed.

Hugo Strange was another fan-favorite choice for Nolan to bring to the big screen. For a time, the late Robin Williams was rumored to play the maniacal Strange. There are many versions of the character, but the more prominent one is as a master psychologist who becomes obsessed with Batman and his true identity - to the extent that at one point he even started to dress up like him. Killer Croc would have made for a fascinating choice for the closing chapter of Christopher Nolan's Batman movie trilogy.

Killer Croc would therefore have been a surprising and fascinating detour from that commitment. How would Nolan have been able to explain a creature such as Croc existing in Gotham? Unfortunately fans never got the chance to see that happen, though there was a passing reference to Killer Croc in The Dark Knight Rises. After the Joker, there was no character more in-demand than the Penguin.

The Penguin is a smart-dressing gangster who can flourish within the worlds of both politics and organized crime. This rumored version of the Penguin would have been what Heath Ledger's version of the Joker would've hated: the ultimate schemer and genius manipulator, and a criminal mastermind who hides behind the political circus to accomplish his deeds.

He's the one person that can challenge Bruce Wayne Enterprises using both the judicial system and the underbelly of Gotham at once. Of all the villains to terrorize Gotham, many in and around Hollywood felt the most obvious choice within the Nolanverse would be the Riddler. There were many actors rumored to play E. Nigma, but the most popular name that surfaced was Leonardo DiCaprio. Those within Warner Bros. Another famous actor rumored for the role was Johnny Depp , but that didn't pan out either.

Many felt that the Riddler would have been perfect because he's just the type of character that appeals to Nolan's strengths: a mysterious psychopathic criminal who excels at mystery and deception, and revels in shattering the expectations of the world's greatest detective through his numerous crimes. Poison Ivy has had a long-lasting cult following within the Batman universe.

When Gordon ended up going down the rapid sewer waters to escape, Bane had a henchman "follow" him by placing a cell phone on him and then sending him down the rapids, anticipating the likelihood that Gordon would survive falling into the rapids after the henchman made the mistake of implying that he died in the rapids.

Afterwards, Bane arrived at the Gotham Stock Exchange to complete the plan of putting Bruce Wayne into bankruptcy, and placed a cement truck in the way manned by a henchman. He also took hostages in order to ensure that the police did not try to attack them. Bane on a motorcycle very briefly crossed paths with Batman on the Batpod who was in pursuit. After Selina attempted to find the clean slate drive at Daggett's penthouse only to find the safe empty, Bane and the mercenaries arrived to secure the area.

The then expendable Daggett was then killed by him, and his body was put into a dumpster. After Bruce met with Selina Kyle at her apartment about finding Bane, Selina offered to Bane to lead Batman into Bane's sewer lair in exchange for survival insurance.

Bane and Batman began to fight each other. Batman fought valiantly to stop the terrorist, but the many years of isolation and lack of training had left the dark knight in a weakened state and unable to keep up with Bane's superior strength and speed. Bane was attacked relentlessly, but the blows seemed to do no damage at all and only staggered him. Bane managed to easily and quite brutally overpower, outmaneuver, and outthink Batman.

Bane then revealed that they were under Wayne Enterprises's secret armory and his plan to use the equipment to "bring justice". Bane then countered Batman's last attack and slipped one of his vertebrae.

He delivered a crippled Bruce Wayne to the Pit prison he himself was formerly imprisoned in, and stated that he wouldn't kill a man that did not fear death, as he intended to psychologically torture him with the slow demise of Gotham City with Bruce being unable to do a thing.

Bane said that when Gotham becomes ashes, then Bruce would have his permission to die. Afterwards, Bane went to the Wayne Enterprises board room where he brought Miranda, Lucius Fox , and Douglas Fredericks from there to the Wayne Enterprises fusion reactor bunker and had Pavel modify the reactor into a nuclear bomb and he had the core removed so that it also became a time bomb.

In addition, he also had the police lured to the hideout to be trapped, and eventually detonated the explosives laced around the city, killing hundreds of people, including Mayor Anthony Garcia. Anticipating that Gordon was still recovering at the hospital, he also sent two of his men to kill Gordon, although Gordon managed to kill them before either of them could lay a finger on him.

He then brought the bomb out to the entire public, and after having Pavel explain its properties, he killed him in front of everyone. Bane said that he had given the detonator to a citizen who would push the button if they didn't comply to his rules.

In addition, in order to further ensure that no one outside of Gotham attempted to interfere, he also had Barsad inform the national guard that if they were to enter the city, or anyone escapes, the bomb would be detonated. After Bane returned to Gotham, he traveled with his men to Blackgate Prison.

There he read Gordon's planned confession, and undermined the validity of the Dent act as well as of Dent's heroic persona in front of the citizens of Gotham. Bane then ordered his men to storm the prison and "liberate" the prisoners, who were incarcerated under the "corrupt" laws of Gotham's elite.

Bane declared martial law and proclaimed that the city now belonged to the people, handing them the power of "justice" over the "corrupt" Gotham elite that had "enslaved" them. Bane's speech subsequently caused a series of riots led by Gotham's criminals and revolutionary working class members, who raided the homes of the wealthy and set-up a court presided by "Judge" Jonathan Crane , where the rich were sentenced to choose between either death or exile through the crossing of a deadly frozen river.

Bane himself continued to await the bomb's detonation while he observed Gotham's self-destruction. A few months into the occupation, Special Forces lead by Captain Jones infiltrated the city to gather intel on fighting back against Bane, even learning of the bombs true nature. Bane then ordered their bodies hanged over the bridge for the world to see. After Batman's return to Gotham City became apparent, he had some mercenaries stay close to Miranda at Gotham City Hall , anticipating that Batman would eventually come to rescue her.

Soon after, his mercenaries entered a massive battle with the recently freed Gotham City Police and Bane himself fought Batman once more. However, this time Batman fought more patiently and based on his knowledge of Bane's weakness he struck Bane's mask repeatedly and damaged it and caused Bane agonizing pain. A stunned Bane attempted to futilely repair the mask, but was unable to do so while Batman continued his attacks.

An enraged and frustrated Bane was then put into a mindless fury as he attempted to quickly finish off Batman with a brutal barrage of punches. His attacks became stronger and faster, but also desperate and less coordinated. Batman remained focused as ever and managed to defeat him in combat. During Batman's interrogation of Bane regarding the location of the trigger to the bomb, Bane went unspeaking as Miranda stabbed Batman and revealed herself in the lobby of city hall as Talia.

She explained her and Bane's past as Bane shed a couple of tears while she fixed his mask. A recovered Bane held a rope around Batman's neck while Talia taunted Batman. Due to her trigger's signal being blocked by Gordon, she left Bane to guard Batman so that Batman would survive long enough to see the bomb go off while she commanded the truck containing the nuclear time bomb.

Alone with Batman, Bane stated that both he and Batman knew what had to happen. Bane ignored Talia's command and decided to kill Batman himself with a shotgun. Bane is shown to be a capable close range fighter in the Pit before being trained by the League of Shadows. During his fights with Batman, his abilities honed over the years are shown.

He uses his brute strength and ferocity to gain an advantage over his opponents. He can snap necks and crush windpipes with ease. He can think and act quickly in the moment for whatever the situation may require. Bane also has a mask that administers anesthetic gas through tubes into his body which holds the pain from physical injury at bay.