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Uh, spoilers, I guess. Though you pretty much spoiled it above... No one in the story suspected Alberto of being the killer, because he was one of the victims. A lot of readers thought that was a red herring, because they never found the body, and they were right (sort of... the ending of that story still confuses me). But Batman never thought it was Alberto.

I think it's Tom Wilkinson, not Wilkerson, but I'm too lazy to check IMDB so if I'm talking outta my arse then just ignore that.

Looking forward to the film (obviously). Looking forward to JGL in it (obviously), especially as he'll be playing antagonist.

I don't like that Juno Temple pic, it's freaking me out. Background colour, pose, t-shirt face thing, ambiguous facial expression (does she know something I know? Has she got a really bad itch that she is just-about reaching now? Is she holding in a poo?)...

Don't like it.

The Long Halloween is phenomenal until the ending, when Jeff Loeb pulled a Spanish Prisoner and cheated. It's still a great read, and the characterizations of the main players are some of the best that's been done, but that ending mars it. To me, anyway. At least Tim Sale always brings his A-game.

As for this... Well, again (like Tome Hard as Bane), I'm pretty sure I called it on an earlier thread. Or, at least mentioned it as a strong possiblity that made logical sense. Go me. Actually, go us; JGL is perfect for Alberto.

So does this mean Marion Cotillard is not playing Talia Al'Ghul? Or is she even in it still? Casting on Dark Knight Rises is getting confusing as hell. And trying to jam in Bane, the Falcones, Talia, and Catwoman would probably make the story too unwieldy.

Sorry, Mike D, I forgot that not everyone has the same conversations I do with my friends. Basically, The Spanish Prisoner is a flick by David Mamet wherein there's a twist/reveal at the end that completely comes out of left field, even if you're paying very close attention to the clues the film provides during it's runtime. The reason the reveal is utterly unknowable until it's... revealed... is because Mamet cheats. He replays one scene from earlier in the movie, as if it's a literal re-showing of that scene, but it's actually not the same scene, as it was shot two different ways (one that makes the twist obvious; one that doesn't). So, unlike, say, The Sixth Sense, where you can solve the puzzle if you're paying very close attention, or upon repeat viewings can see how obvious the answer is, The Spanish Prisoner just lies to you until it can't anymore. It's an incredibly well-made film, but it cheats.

The Long Halloween's ending is thusly similar.

As long as there are many opportunities for him to wear vests, I'm happy. And that voice... mmmmm.

Poison Ivy and the Joker are both in Long Halloween, so maybe Temple and Cotillard are playing Ivy and Quinn (to replace Ledger's Joker)?

The size of the cast doesn't really matter as long as each character is given context for why they're being used, whether to a maximum or hardly at all.

Think of Tom Wilkinson in Batman Begins.

He doesn't have a huge role, but it's an important one to both the plot and to Bruce Wayne's development. In fact, I think he's only got three scenes, but they all make the movie better. The fact that he's Roman Falcone is completely arbitrary but for the fans of the comic; same with Eric Roberts' Sal Maroni. As far as non-comic fans, they're just gangsters. Same thing applies to Alberto Falcone, except in this movie he'll have a connection to the first, but is otherwise not, to the average moviegoer, a "Batman" character. They could just as easily be named Vinnie and Victor Barbarino, and how they serve the movie wouldn't change.

Something to keep in mind before we carp about the size of the cast. Good actors in good roles do not mean those roles are also large.

Great point about casting RobP.

Besides Nolan always said it was his strategy to have Big Names in small roles. It makes the movie seem bigger and gives it legitimacy.

And yeah, it's WILKINSON.

but homg think if it WAS a direct adaptation.

i would die.

fer reals.