The rest of what Tom Hardy said to Total Film in their latest issue, about how he prepares his characters (Kermit & Robert de Niro seem particularly crucial… *g*):
Hardy has already stolen one Nolan epic: 2010:s Inception, where his killer delivery of one line alone (“You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling”) made him man of the match. Will he do a Ledger (or a Nicholson) and leave The Bat in the shade? At the very least it’ll be a colourful performance, judging by Hardy’s methods of preparation. “I will, when I build certain characters, take a soupçon of different things”, he explains. “Like Kermit the Frog. I’ll put a bit of Kermit in there. I’ll take Robert de Niro from Taxi Driver, mix him up with animals and different characters, add a voice and then go home. I know my guy. He has a lot of people in it.”
He was being hypothetical about Kermit in this instance - right? “No, there’s no Kermit in Bane”, he laughs. “Absolutely fucking not!”
