'Dark Knight': Q&A with Maggie Gyllenhaal
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
When Katie Holmes dropped out of the Batman franchise, it was time for director Chris Nolan to find a replacement. He called upon Maggie Gyllenhaal to fill her shoes as Rachel Dawes, Bruce Wayne’s longtime friend and love interest. Hollywood.com caught up with the actress to find out what it was like joining The Dark Knight cast.
Hollywood.com: How was it stepping into a role that somebody else played?
Maggie Gyllenhaal: First of all I wanted to make sure that I had [Katie Holmes'] blessing in terms of doing it. When I found out that I did, you know I think she’s a great actress and I really loved what she did in the previous movie. I know her a tiny, tiny bit from a party here or there and she has a daughter who is just a little older than my daughter and I really like her, but I didn’t think it would do anyone any good for me to try to imitate her. It would have been awful, you know what I’m saying? I could never have done that so I thought, you know I have to make her a new woman. I think that was the best way to honor what Katie did as well to sort of really let her really start anew. There are some plot points and some things in the narrative that happened in the first movie that had a big effect on our movie and I paid attention to those. Most importantly at the end of the previous movie she says to Bruce Wayne, “I love you but I can’t be with you as Batman and I understand why you need to be Batman, but let’s see what happens.” And then of course that plays itself out all over the place in our movie.
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