‘It could be funny’: How Tom Hardy discovered the voice of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises

Tom Hardy is undoubtedly one of the best actors of his generation. The Oscar nominee for his role in The Revenant opposite Leonardo DiCaprio may have spent much of the last six years playing Venom, but he was also seen in Capone in 2020 and most recently in The Bikeriders. And we’re not forgetting the many iconic characters he’s played, from Mad Max to some Bane…

Appreciation for his acting genius was recently celebrated during the press tour for the latest Venom: The Last Dance, when the former Christopher Nolan frontman detailed how he found the voice for the iconic character.

While Bane’s accent in The Dark Knight Rises has long been the subject of affectionate derision, it’s still recognized as iconic. And such intonation is not a coincidence, but the result of deep research, as Tom Hardy explained recently.

“One was to introduce a new villain after the Joker had played such an important role for fans, and accepting a new villain meant taking a risk that was not negotiable anyway.– he explains in an interview with Fox.

“Christopher Nolan is such a genius, he had a very specific idea. And that set the stage for being like, “Okay, should I do a generic bad guy voice? I can calculate and create something cold, dark and evil, without light, without color, without fun. Or, Bane is technically Latin, so I had to look at that option and ask myself, “How can I justify this?”“, he explained.

He continued: “And I looked at the gypsies of Latin descent and found Bartley Gorman, king of the gypsies, a naked fighter. And it has a melodic accent that has been everywhere in the mix since the time of travel. There’s a lot of different voices, and I was playing that anthem for Chris and I said, ‘Hey, we can really be laughed at here. It can be funny. But he’s an interesting voice figure and it can work because physically he’s like a gorilla, he’s primitive, he’s dangerous and scary, but he’s very sophisticated when he talks. He likes his own voice, so maybe we should give it some color.“

Hear Bane’s voice in the video below:

In addition to evoking the tone he chose for Bane, Tom Hardy It was also hilariously detailed how Venom’s voice came about, which is his claim to be his dog and Busta Rhymes!

Venom: The Last DanceStarring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alana Ubach and Stephen Graham, it is the final film in the trilogy. So far, the actor’s only completed project is Gareth Evans’ film Havoc, which is set to wrap in 2021.

This year it was announced that Tom Hardy will play in Guy Ritchie’s TV series The Associate, in blood on the snow With Aaron Taylor-Johnson, also in the crime thriller 77 Blackout opposite Mahershala Ali. He will also return to the Mad Max saga in George Miller’s Mad Max: Wilderness.

Venom: The Last Dance hits theaters on October 30.