11-07-2008 13:30
Aaron Eckhart didn't know much about Harvey 'Two Face' Dent when he signed up for the role in 'A Dark Knight'.The 'Thank You For Smoking' star plays the villain in the forthcoming Batman movie but admits he didn't learn about the character until after he got the part.He told MTV: "I was familiar with Dent as much as I knew he was an iconic 'Batman' character. "I didn't know the ins and outs of Dent. But when I got the part, thank goodness, director Chris Nolan sent me the comic books, and I started to do research and I met people."The actor admits he was surprised at how much other people knew about his character, adding: "It's funny, because when people knew that I was going to be Harvey 'Two-Face', they came out of the woodwork, and the most unlikely people were coming up to me with facts. It was like baseball facts, like the 1932 World Series, third inning... How do you know this stuff?" Aaron says he loves the extent of his character's involvement in the movie, saying: "I love Harvey Dent. When I read the script, I was amazed by the trajectory and transformation that Harvey has. "Given the fact that the Joker is in the movie and propels the action, I was surprised by how much Harvey had to do, and what a light he is in the movie. It's interesting to get to know Harvey as an altruistic leader of Gotham City who wants to clean up the crime, and confronting the issues that others won't confront. And then to see his transformation into 'Two-Face', I think that the audience is going to have a little more empathy and understanding."If you notice who Harvey 'Two-Face' disposes of, it's not random. It's not. It still has a sense of justice attached to it. Ultimately, Harvey still can't get away from his own true nature."
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