Jonathan Nolan originally wanted the Riddler to be the villain in The Dark Knight Rises

The "Batman: The Dark Knight" trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan is a classic on the screen. Recently, Jonathan Nolan revealed in an interview program that he originally wanted the Riddler to be the villain in "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", but Christopher Nolan and co-writer David S. Goyer wanted Bane to appear as the villain.

It is worth mentioning that according to Goyer, Warner executives were previously pushing the idea of ​​Leonardo Dicaprio playing the Riddler, but Goyer chose to stand firm on his work stance.

Although Jonathan initially considered the Riddler, he quickly abandoned the idea because he felt the character was too close to the Joker played by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (Heath Ledger died before The Dark Knight was released and won a posthumous Oscar for his performance in the film).

Jonathan said, "You really need to change direction." He believes that "The Dark Knight" is an "urban crime" movie, while "The Dark Knight Rises" is a post-apocalyptic movie. Therefore, Bane played by Tom Hardy and the Joker played by Heath Ledger are different types of villains, and the tone of the entire third movie is completely different.

"You could say it this way: Batman always saves the world and the city survives. Why can't we destroy Gotham and see what happens?" Jonathan said.