ROTTEN TOMATOES: Aaron Eckhart Joining "Dark Knight" Cast as Two-Face

Aaron Eckhart Joining "Dark Knight" Cast as Two-Face

by RT Staff | February 15, 2007

Heath Ledger is alone no more in wreaking havoc in Gotham City: according to The Hollywood Reporter, Aaron Eckhart is in final negotiations to play Two-Face in the upcoming "Batman Begins" sequel, "The Dark Knight."

Batman Historology majors are well familiar with Two Face, one of the DC universe's most famous villains. For people who haven't kept up, Aaron Eckhart will be portraying Harvey Dent, a Gotham City DA who gets disfigured by acid and goes insane, rechristening himself as Two-Face.

Eckhart in "The Black Dahlia"

Aaron Eckhart has been critically lauded in recent times for his role in "Thank You For Smoking." And in 1995, Tommy Lee Jones played Two-Face in 1995's zany "Batman Forever."

"The Dark Knight" will be out in theaters July 18, 2008.

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Darth_Ninch writes:
on Feb 15 2007 04:05 PM

[b]BONER![/b]
Mushrooms?

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Elixir writes:
on Feb 15 2007 04:10 PM

another excellent casting. nolan knows his stuff

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mojodaddy writes:
on Feb 15 2007 04:12 PM

Yusssssssssssss. Awesome. Although there's been a lack of Joker gossip amid all the Harvey Dent news. I'm very excited to see what he's going to look like. He's an awesome villain. But then again, so is Two-Face. ;)

And Dent doesn't really go insane from the acid, it's just the dark alter ego he's always had comes out permanently.

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g.mauler writes:
on Feb 15 2007 04:12 PM

Wow. Damn near genius decision.

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Mr.Pibb+RedVines writes:
on Feb 15 2007 04:18 PM

In reply to this comment (#855915)
finally, everybody had known eckhart was going to get the role so just happy I don't have to worry about having a sucky actor as two face

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Murrow100 writes:
on Feb 15 2007 04:36 PM

Perfect fit . . . Eckhart can play both sides of two-face teh pre- and post-acid parts of his life . . . Nolan is setting this up to be better than the first one . . . This is it than, no more characters left hanging in the balance to keep us up . . . Thank God

Congratulations Mr. Eckhart . . . make us proud . . . we expect the best

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Instructo writes:
on Feb 15 2007 05:24 PM

cant wait for this movie

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arpeggio191 writes:
on Feb 15 2007 05:35 PM

brilliant choice. dear lord this is going to rule.

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arpeggio191 writes:
on Feb 15 2007 05:38 PM

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Wait... did they officially cast the female lead? Last i heard it was between rachel mcadams and amy blunt...

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RexLaboro writes:
on Feb 15 2007 06:19 PM

[b]pretty boy casting: the movie[/b]
This guy looks okay for the part. I dont know much about him other than hes been in some bad films like the CORE. If he has the capability to pull off the dual personality he will be excellent. I'm still wondering about Ledger. I can get passed him not looking the part (look at nicholson) but I hope he can pull of Joker with the presence needed. This aint some rooty-poot part you just give to anyone. The person that plays joker has to have some real performance skill- not saying ledger isnt a good actor, but this requires a different form of acting. I just hope Nolan isnt hiring this actors because they look like playboys. Its not like its a chick-orientated film.

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South_park300 writes:
on Feb 15 2007 06:51 PM

i really doubt he will be two-face in the sequel. he will probably just be harvey dent and set up his character. then for batman 3, he will turn into two-face.

or who knows, maybe the sequel will have multiple villains. worked for the first one!

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SpikeGelato writes:
on Feb 15 2007 07:10 PM

[b]Excellent choice[/b]
He's been my favorite ver since I heard that he was in the running for Dent. Excellent choice...I think he's got the "look"

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h-town24 writes:
on Feb 15 2007 07:13 PM

jamie foxx would have been a much better choice! nothing against mr. eckhart.

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Boss Fan writes:
on Feb 15 2007 07:42 PM

Two-Face? He should be playing Detective Eckhart! ;)

(or am I the only one who made the ironic connection?)

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Atomix writes:
on Feb 15 2007 07:56 PM

He's just going to be Dent in the next movie(i hope). In Begins the DA was killed off and we all know "Rachel" is written off. I expect Dent will be one of the main protagonists/antagonists of either the Joker or Batman.

Most likely he'll be after Batman, friendly with Bruce Wayne, and become a target of the Joker who will push him to reveal "Harv" at some point during the story. I can also imagine a scene ripped right out of the lore where Batman has to save The Joker from "Harv" in the climax of the story which will set the story up for the Joker to be able to come back and Harvey to become Two-Face in the third film.

- fin.

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toniokruger writes:
on Feb 15 2007 08:34 PM

[b]interesting[/b]
can't wait for the Bruce Wayne-Harvey Dent-Gordon banter about crimes and justice

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Silverence writes:
on Feb 15 2007 09:22 PM

perfect. as is, by the way, heath ledger. this is going to be by far, hands down, the best comic book adaptation ever.

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synergyred writes:
on Feb 16 2007 05:34 AM

Nice choice!

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The Great One writes:
on Feb 16 2007 07:38 AM

I wanted Edward Norton but hey...Eckhart was my next choice

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Bear45 writes:
on Feb 16 2007 08:21 AM

In reply to this comment (#855930)
Go back and look at the archives. There will be no Two-Face in this one. The writer (Goyer) already gave us the rundown of the Dent/2Face storyline:

At the end of "The Dark Knight", Batman's going to bring Joker in alive. In part three, Joker will go on trial with Dent leading the prosecution and it is there in the courtroom that Joker disfigures Dent; making him Two-Face.

I'm not spoiling anything. RT reported it just 2-3 weeks ago, but I don't feel like finding it.

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