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Christopher Nolan: 4 facts you didn’t know about The Dark Knight Rises

By Joe Anthony Myrick

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: A Bane costume from the 2012 Dark Knight Rises film worn by Tom Hardy and designed by Lindy Hemming is on display at the DC Comics Exhibition: Dawn Of Super Heroes at the O2 Arena on February 22, 2018 in London, England. The exhibition, which opens on February 23rd, features 45 original costumes, models and props used in DC Comics productions including the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman films. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: A Bane costume from the 2012 Dark Knight Rises film worn by Tom Hardy and designed by Lindy Hemming is on display at the DC Comics Exhibition: Dawn Of Super Heroes at the O2 Arena on February 22, 2018 in London, England. The exhibition, which opens on February 23rd, features 45 original costumes, models and props used in DC Comics productions including the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman films. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – JULY 16: (L-R) Actors Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman attend “The Dark Knight Rises” New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on July 16, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images) /

Ending Was Told, Not Written

Speaking of the script, it is a miracle that nothing major from the movie script got leaked out before the film’s release. In this day and age – especially thanks to the internet and social media – it is 10 times easier for a big scene from a film script or even the ending of a major Hollywood production to get leaked before the film’s release. Wouldn’t be the first time.

Luckily, such a fate did not befall The Dark Knight Rises, but that is only because Christopher Nolan had a clever plan to avoid spoilers from getting out: He spoke to his cast about the ending rather than write it into the script.

Per Gary Oldman in an interview with Contactmusic (h/t Digital Spy), Nolan only allowed for scripts to be hand delivered to actors like Oldman, while “newer people” (assuming he means those outside of the main cast) needed to read the script in Nolan’s office. As for the ending, Oldman mentioned that the last few pages of the script were blank.

If the cast wanted to know how the film ended, they needed to talk to Nolan about the ending in person. He refused to have anything about the end in writing.

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