Hoskins wants Dark Knight
Posted by Clint Morris on September 11, 2006




Bob Hoskins tells IESB that although he hasn’t been offered the role, he definitely wants Christopher Nolan to know that he’s keen on playing cinema’s next ‘Penguin’ in Bat-sequel “The Dark Knight”.

The actor, currently starring in “Hollywoodland”, admitted his fanaticism to play the villainous Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin when asked about rumours linking him to the role. Although the Brit downplayed the rumours, he did express an interest in such a role, if it ever did come his way.

Hoskins has starred in quite a few high-concept fantasy pics, including “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and “Super Mario Bros”.

Meanwhile, the new ‘Joker’, Heath Ledger, talked to The Toronto Star about his plans for the character.

“It's definitely going to stump people. I think it'll be more along the lines of how the Joker was meant to be in the comics, darker and more sinister”, says Ledger.

“I wouldn't have thought of me, either. But it's obviously not going to be what Jack Nicholson did. It's going to be more nuanced and dark and more along the lines of A Clockwork Orange kind of feel. Which is, I think, what the comic book was after: less about his laugh and more about his eyes.”

Source: Moviehole.net