'The Dark Knight Rises': Liam Neeson may reprise his 'Batman Begins' role
It鈥檚 long been presumed that the League of Shadows, as it was portrayed in Batman Begins, would be returning in some form in co-writer/director Christopher Nolan鈥檚 final installment in his Caped Crusader saga, .
Rumors about how the dangerous organization of the film have long been circulating, as has more solid, but still unconfirmed word about younger stars such as and portraying youthful versions of characters such as LoS head Ra鈥檚 al Ghul and his daughter, Talia.
Today, we have some additional fuel to add to that particular fire, in the form of confirmation from a longtime rumored Dark Knight Rises player that they are involved with the film 鈥� in some form, at least.
Chances are good that those reading this article already have a pretty good idea of who we鈥檙e talking about. However, if you鈥檙e attempting to avoid knowing anything too聽concrete about The Dark Knight Rises in advance, STOP READING NOW.
Yes, as has long been unofficially reported to be the case, Liam Neeson is in fact involved with The Dark Knight Rises. However, judging by what he recently told , the elder version of Ra鈥檚 won鈥檛 be appearing too long in the actual film (if at all):
鈥淚 can tell you nothing about 鈥楧ark Knight Rises鈥�, seriously.聽I was on set for maybe an hour-and-a-half and the director didn鈥檛 tell me anything of what it鈥檚 about.聽So, I鈥檓 being very honest when I say I have no idea what鈥檚 going to happen.鈥�
Obviously, it would be strange for Neeson to simply show up on the Dark Knight Rises set and NOT have actually filmed a short scene (or two) that flashes back to a time when the League of Shadows mastermind was still breathing, ie. either prior to and/or during the early portions of Batman Begins. So, all in all, it鈥檚 probably safe to say: Neeson鈥檚 deadly alter ego will actually pop up in the new film, at some point.
Now, the question is: how will the elder Ra鈥檚 fit into the mystery narrative of Dark Knight Rises? Could it be that he was responsible for either training and/or recruiting Bane (Tom Hardy) for a last-ditch effort to topple Gotham City 鈥� or will he merely show up during flashbacks to Bruce Wayne鈥檚 (海角大神 Bale) time training with the LoS?
All shall be revealed at last when The Dark Knight Rises hits U.S. theaters on July 20th, 2012.
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