The Dark Knight Rises Bane Reminds Director Christopher Nolan Of Darth Vader

In this new chat with Access Hollywood, The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan once again praises Tom Hardy's performance as the villainious Bane, mostly discussing his inspiritations and scenes shared with Christian Bale.

“When we chose Bane as the antagonist and I thought about asking a great actor to cover his face up for the whole [movie] — you could just see his eyes and just hear his voice — I knew immediately that Tom would be up for that,” the director told Access Hollywood at the press junket for The Dark Knight Rises.”

”[He’s] something you’ve never seen before. It’s a little bit of Darth Vader, a little bit of this, little bit of that… It’s very unique and that’s what you get with great actors like Tom Hardy, he’s not just going to go through the motions, he’s going to try and craft a character that really makes sense for him. He has really gone in through the roots of the character and approached the evil,” the director explained.

“He had to make himself huge for the role. He learned how to do all of this fighting with Christian Bale, both of them wearing these crazy outfits where they could barely breathe. In Tom’s case, with this mask over his face, very tough to breathe, very hot, working in some very challenging environments,” Nolan told Access. “There was a lot of preparation that went into it, and it really shows on screen.”

The full interview can be seen at http://www.accesshollywood.com/the-dark-knight-rises-christopher-nolan-says-tom-hardys-bane-has-a-little-bit-of-darth-vader_article_67111 so feel free to check it out and see what the director thinks of Tom Hardy's Bane's mask that he wears over his face.