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Nolan Brothers Disagreed on ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Villain at First: Jonathan Was ‘Unsure’ About Bane, ‘Started to Play With the Idea of the Riddler’ Instead
Christopher and Jonathan Nolan disagreed at first over the villain to use in "The Dark Knight Rises."
During his own appearance on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast last year, Goyer admitted that the head of Warner Bros. personally requested Nolan cast Leonardo DiCaprio as the Riddler in what would become “Rises.” “Rises” concluded Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, which ended up being a longer run of comic book movies then the director originally envisioned for himself. As Jonathan revealed this month on the “Armchair Expert” podcast, Christopher was hesitant to even make one sequel to “Batman Begins.”
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