HEADS OR TAILS: MIND GAMES OR HINT?

Speculation is rife once again as Aaron Eckhart toyed with fans in an interview with CBS news last night. The prospect of Two-Face  returning in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is one in which all Batman fans will be relishing, especially considering his apparent “death” in Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’. The questions is, is Nolan and Eckhart simply playing mind games with fans to throw them off track for the eagerly anticipated third instalment, or are we actually going to see one of the most popular villains claw themselves back from the dead? After all, being such a high profile villain, how could Two-Face only unleash his sinister side in the last third of the film?

It is easy to say that Nolan’s directing genius would enable him to bring back Dent from the dead successfully, so there be no need to fear over risky storylines. In actual fact, there is a good chance that this is one of the major tricks that Nolan can so effortlessly pull out of the hat. The only evidence we have so far of Two-Face featuring in the film is Eckhart’s numerous visits with Nolan. When asked about these meetings in the interview, Eckhart was careful to divulge in whether or not it was for the ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, again, just leaving even more room for speculation.

The last we saw of Gotham’s most psychotic D.A was in the final action seen of ‘The Dark Knight’, falling down a flight of flats, leading to his apparent death. The most hopeful factor for Dent’s return is the fact that we never got to see the once named ‘White Knight’s’ body. Purposeful or not, Nolan has something up his sleeve. The interview with CBS news sees Eckhart reply “I’m not?” when asked if he was definitely not making a reappearance as Two-Face in 2012. That cheeky grin of his didn’t help either.