

Inheriting their fortune, he took over the family cosmetics business, only to be humiliatingly bought out by Wayne when it went belly up. Unlike Bruce he burned down the family home, with both his parents inside. Prev of 11 Next Prev of 11 Nextīackstory: Born Roman Sionis, the Black Mask was raised into Gotham high society in much the same way as Bruce Wayne. No need to spend too much time on how he broke out, but we need to see why he is how he is.

*Shudder”Įssential Scene: A flashback to his brutal prison upbringing. His fierce desire to prove himself against Batman could make for a compelling secondary villain, just so long as he doesn’t end up a two-bit henchman, as he was in Batman and Robin. Nolan’s Cup Of Tea? The Venom serum is problematic, although that could be tweaked to some kind of experimental hormone treatment. Bane is more than just a brute though, and his damaged, obsessive nature would give Hardy plenty to get his teeth into.

If Hardy Played Him: He’s got the right sort of physique, although he’d need to do some serious gym-work to measure up to Bane’s distorted frame. In the comics he becomes known as “The Man Who Broke The Bat”, after snapping the Dark Knight’s spine in two. Brought up hearing of stories of the Batman’s incredible crime-fighting prowess, he vowed to break out and one day destroy him. We’re quietly confident about this…Įssential Scene: An interrogation scene in which Cort beats a suspect to a bloody pulp, much to the dismay of the new Commissioner… Prev of 11 Next Prev of 11 Nextīackstory: Born in prison and forced to serve a life sentence for a crime committed by his father, the grotesquely over-muscled Bane is the product of an experiment with the mysterious serum known as Venom. Strange, and a plot that picks up where the last film left off. Nolan’s Cup Of Tea? Most definitely, as is the sinister Dr. If Hardy Plays Him: He’d be great as the crooked bruiser with a badge, the sort of officer whose “punch first, ask questions later” attitude would play right into the hands of a cannier villain… Strange has his own agenda you see, and would far rather get his hands on the Bat himself than hand him over to the authorities… Not the sharpest knife in the drawer to start with, Max becomes a pawn in the game of crazed police psychiatrist Hugo Strange, who hypnotises him into becoming a masked vigilante in an attempt to lure the Dark Knight out of hiding. Backstory: A violent, thuggish copper from Batman: Year One follow-up Prey, Cort is placed in charge of a special task force established to hunt down the Batman.
