Maggie Gyllenhaal Talks 'Dark Knight' Role

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Maggie Gyllenhaal, who replaced Katie Holmes in The Dark Knight, talks about her role as the love interest.

Is your Batman character a damsel in distress?

There are moments of that. Chris Nolan, the director, would joke about how I had to resign myself to being a little bit of a damsel in distress but he pushed me in other ways to make her a powerful character. I play a lawyer and have real relationships with the people I’m interacting with in the movie. She’s very smart and a real rounded person. Of course, if you’re the girl in Batman, you’re going to be a damsel in distress to some extent but she’s a really great character. So many people I play are a mess; Rachel’s really clear about what’s important to her and unwilling to compromise her morals, which made a nice change.

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