Katie Holmes had nothing against Rachel Dawes or Nolan's Batman trilogy; she simply had the desire to explore other roles at the time. In fact, instead of returning as Rachel Dawes for The Dark Knight, she appeared as Jackie Truman in Mad Money.
Summary. Katie Holmes was replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes in "The Dark Knight," but her exit was due to personal preference, not creative differences. Holmes left to explore other roles and appeared in the movie "Mad Money" instead.
She learns of his true identity during her crusade to help Gotham but tells Bruce that "the man I loved" died a long time ago, and they part ways. In The Dark Knight, she is engaged to Harvey Dent and tragically dies at the hands of The Joker in a ploy to destroy Batman and Dent.
Despite their mutual attraction, Rachel decided that they couldn't be together if Bruce was determined to lead a double life. She kissed Bruce goodbye, left him to fulfill his destiny, and hoped that he would come back to her when Batman was no longer needed in Gotham.
According to Nolan, there was no deeper motivation behind recasting the role — Holmes simply wasn't available. "Katie wasn't available for the role, which I wasn't very happy about, but these things happen, and I was very, very fortunate that Maggie [Gyllenhaal] was able to take it over," the filmmaker said.
Real Reason Why Katie Holmes Left The Dark Knight & Regretted It
Why did Batman save Harvey and not Rachel?
The Joker Knew Harvey Dent Was Gotham's Real Hero
While there's no doubt that the Joker tricked Batman into choosing who would die and thus lied about where Rachel was, there's another reason why the Joker had Batman save Harvey Dent.
I'm going to marry Harvey Dent. I love him, and I want to spend the rest of my life with him. When I told you that if Gotham no longer needed Batman we could be together, I meant it. But now I'm sure the day won't come when *you* no longer need Batman.
In the process, he begins the training that shapes his destiny as a feared vigilante, known as Batman. In Pennyworth, Bruce is revealed to have had an older sister, Samantha, who disappeared long before he was born.
Harvey became Two-Face due to a combination of Maroni's scarring, untreated mental illness, marital stress and his own personal choices. But one has to wonder if Batman and Gordon ever lay awake at night haunted by the role they played in Harvey's downfall.
Cruise and Holmes have rarely spoken on the record in regard to their split, but it's rumored that Holmes's motivation was to free her daughter from the unique constraints of Scientology.
After her daughter, Suri Cruise, was born in April 2006, Holmes took a hiatus from her acting career until 2008. After speculation about Holmes reprising her role in The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins, it was finally confirmed that she would not appear.
These changes led to Affleck's dissatisfaction with the behind-the-scenes situation of DC's on film management by Warner Bros., and played into him leaving the role. Additionally, Affleck was also dealing with numerous struggles in his personal life at the time, including his battle with alcoholism.
After Bane helped Talia al Ghul escape from the Pit, he was attacked by prisoners. However, a doctor failed to treat him and left him in chronic pain. Out of gratitude for saving his daughter, Ra's al Ghul liberated Bane from the Pit and provided him with a crude prototype mask to numb his pain.
Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977 in New York City, New York as Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal, the daughter of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and German (father) descent.
Helena Wayne is the original incarnation of The Huntress, originating from the original golden age Batman continuity of Earth 2. Helena was the biological daughter of Batman and Catwoman, raised to be a lawyer-by-day/vigilante-by-night and eventually became her father's successor.
Among the big announcements from James Gunn about the future of the DCU was news of a new Batman in a film called The Brave and the Bold. This movie would have our first big-screen Robin in 25 years. But that Robin won't be Dick Grayson, but Damian Wayne, Bruce's biological son.
Thomas Wayne was the father of Bruce Wayne and husband of Martha Wayne. He was a well-known surgeon, philanthropist and CEO of Wayne Enterprises (which he inherited from his own father, after his father made patients on industrial technology, which he invested in real estate making the family billions).
Conversation. [ #TheBatman MINOR SPOILERS ] Bruce Wayne is confronted by an anonymous, angry citizen at the mayor's funeral. This man, played by Douglas Russell, is one of Riddler's followers, who call themselves the "Bitter Nobodies." It's a name that reflects how society has treated them.
Alfred burns the letter because it's the kindest thing to do. Already grieving for his lost love, learning that Rachel planned to ditch him for Harvey Dent would offer no solace to Bruce, and only deepen his depression.
Alfred was about to give him the letter, but when Bruce expressed his belief that Rachel would have waited for him, he attempted to hide it and said: "It can wait." Alfred later burned the letter, and reflected that, just as the people of Gotham needed to believe in Harvey Dent, Bruce needed to believe in Rachel's love ...
He knew Jason was killing people, and Batman couldn't live with the shame of knowing that he had unintentionally created a deadlier version of Joe Chill. This explains the tragedy of what kept Batman away but also highlights his own selfishness and irresponsibility.
Should the flipped coin land on the unblemished side, the Joker would live. However, should it fall on the burnt half, he would die. The flip of the coin lands in the Joker's favor, however, and Dent lets the man leave.
