Anthony Michael Hall Talks 'Dark Knight'

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Anthony Michael Hall, who plays a Gotham City newscaster in The Dark Knight, told SCI FI Wire that his appearance was a secret until he began showing up as Mike Engel, anchor of the Gotham Cable News program Gotham Tonight, in Comcast OnDemand videos. The videos are part of Warner Brothers' viral marketing campaign for the Batman sequel film.

"I took a meeting with [director Christopher Nolan and his wife, producer Emma Thomas], and they gave me this part," Hall said in an interview this week. "I actually came in and read for another part initially, and then I got that role of Mike Engel. Because of this Comcast tie-in we did that's online now, I guess everybody knows. I had a non-disclosure agreement with the studio about not talking about it, but essentially it's now public knowledge. [For this] Comcast tie-in they basically created this Gotham City Network for six weeks, as if it's a real CNN. I play Gotham's sort of nighttime news anchor."

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