As it looks more and more certain that Christopher Nolan’s new Batman film will feature two lead female roles, just who is in the running to play them?
It was rumoured a week or two back that the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises production was on the hunt for two lead female roles, even if nobody was quite sure what the parts involved were. Catwoman is the obvious rumour doing the rounds, but the thinking had been that Christopher Nolan was actually looking for a love interest for Bruce Wayne, too.
It turns out that these rumours may have been quite close to the mark. For Deadline is now reporting that Nolan has a shortlist of actresses he’s looking to see for the two roles. And yes, one of them will be a villain, and the other a love interest character.
So who’s on the shortlist?
Well, the candidates Nolan is due to meet are reportedly Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz (who may or may not be attached to the new Bond film, shooting next year), Blake Lively, Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway and Keira Knightley.
As things stand, that’s as much as the story as we know, as casting will no doubt continue for a while yet. But you can read more about it at Deadline, right here.
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