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Brian Damage · 02-16-2007, 10:24 AM

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Aaron Eckhart is in final negotiations to play Harvey Dent/Two-Face in "The Dark Knight," the sequel to "Batman Begins."

In Batman lore, Dent is the district attorney of Gotham City and an ally of Batman. After half his face is disfigured by acid, Dent becomes the insane crime boss known as Two-Face, who chooses to do good or evil by flipping a coin. Tommy Lee Jones played the character in 1995's "Batman Forever."

"Knight" sees Christopher Nolan back in the director's chair for Warner Bros.' summer 2008 release, with Christian Bale reprising his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Gary Oldman also are returning. Heath Ledger joined the cast in the summer, signing up to play the sardonic, murderous Joker.

Eckhart is riding high these days thanks to his acclaimed performance in "Thank You for Smoking," which nabbed him Golden Globe and Spirit Award nominations. He next stars opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in "No Reservations," the American remake of the 2001 German feature "Mostly Martha."

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

TJL · 02-16-2007, 11:22 AM

That's a pretty good casting choice.

SBTB Geek · 02-19-2007, 02:49 AM

Why do they keep on casting white actors to play Harvey Dent?

Isn't the comic character black?

TJL · 02-19-2007, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by SBTB Geek

Why do they keep on casting white actors to play Harvey Dent?

Isn't the comic character black?

According to Wikipedia, Harvey Dent, as depicted in the comics, was white.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Dent

Brian Damage · 02-19-2007, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SBTB Geek

Why do they keep on casting white actors to play Harvey Dent?

Isn't the comic character black?

Harvey Dent was always white. It was Tim Burton who cast a black actor to play the character. The cartoon series, was sort of based on the original Batman movies and that is why the character of Two Face was black.

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