Ultimately, it seems Hardy and Nolan mainly wanted to avoid a “neutral tone villain voice” by giving Bane a strange and distinctive way of expressing himself.
When asked how he came up with Bane's voice, Tom said: "That was actually a really cool choice that Chris [Nolan] made. Bane quintessentially is Latinx in origin of a character...and I'm not. "So I looked at the concept of Latin and found a character, a gentleman, a man called Bartley Gorman, who's a Romany gypsy..
The Dark Knight Rises reworked Bane's origin, making him a trained member of Ra's al Ghul's League of Shadows whose motivation is to destroy Gotham for its decadence and corruption, finishing his late leader's work. In an act 3 plot twist, the film also makes him the second-in-command of al Ghul's daughter, Talia.
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.
Judging by the ending of The Dark Knight Rises, Bane is the final villain Christian Bale's Batman ever faces. And it's quite the climatic fight, as Bane clearly has the advantage in physical strength, yet still Batman is able to dodge and strike at all the key moments.
A Cuban-born Christian, Bane was the son of criminal Edmund Dorrance. He was forced to serve his father's life sentence. Born in Santa Prisca, in Cuba, in the prison known as Pena Duro, Bane was treated unfairly, and his mother died when he was 6.
Gotham City fascinates Bane because, like Peña Duro, fear rules Gotham—but it is the fear of Batman. Bane is convinced that Batman is a personification of the demonic bat which had haunted his dreams since childhood. Therefore, Bane believes fate placed Batman on a collision course with him.
In 2012, writer-director Christopher Nolan addressed the change: "Bane is someone ravaged by pain from a trauma suffered long ago, and the mask dispenses a type of anesthetic that keeps his pain just below the threshold so he can function," he said, according to Batman News.
Tom also went for an intense 4-day a week program that focused on his arm, chest, shoulders, back, legs and abs. The actor had to look 'as big as possible for his role as Bane. Tom had revealed that he was already overweight at the time, almost 90kgs when they were shooting the film.
Here's a quote straight from the mouth of director Christopher Nolan: Bane is someone ravaged by pain from a trauma suffered long ago, and the mask dispenses a type of anesthetic that keeps his pain just below the threshold so he can function.
Aside from villains like the Joker getting this treatment, one of the more surprising additions is the inclusion of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises. In the comics, he can increase his strength thanks to the dangerous steroid known as Venom.
Tom Hardy's Bane voice seemed to be entirely the actor's unique creation, but back in 2012, he revealed to Vulture it was actually inspired by an English traveler and boxer named Bartley Gorman.
“It's based on a guy named Bartley Gorman,” he told us. (So, not Mr. Belevedere?) “He's the king of the gypsies, and he's a boxer, a bare-knuckle boxer, an Irish traveler, a gypsy.” If you are unfamiliar with the legend of Bartley Gorman, a clip from his 1995 documentary is below; the accent does not disappoint.
Hardy revealed how Gorman inspired him. “Taking that into mind, I looked at original Latin … sort of Romany Gypsy. And there was a character, Bartley Gorman … the bare-knuckle fighter, and that's where the accent comes from that I use in the film,” Hardy adds further.
The page everyone remembers from Batman: Knightfall is Bane “breaking the Bat” over his knee. But Bane beat Batman by working smarter, not harder. Bane was able to defeat the Dark Knight physically by first exhausting him spiritually (and, well, also physically).
Bane is a criminal who uses a special type of Venom to gain superhuman strength. He is an excellent fighter with high intelligence (IQ of 187) and an army of loyal mercenaries under his command including his most loyal lieutenant, Bird.
Bane was dropped on his head numerous times, causing his IQ to be physically lowered. He found interest in reading comic books, of knockoff superheroes. Bane soon found a love of Mexican food, especially tacos. He made it his life mission to taste the perfect taco.
Batman has a number of trying villains in his rogues' gallery, but few that can actually match wits with him. Except for Bane who, on more than one occasion, has proven that he is without a doubt Batman's intellectual equal.
Finally, as far as television is concerned, in Season 5 of Gotham, Bane was introduced with the real name of Eduardo Dorrance, and with a background that combines his history in the comics with his role in The Dark Knight Rises.
It is then revealed that the Joker's real name is "Jack Oswald White." Martha then shares that she visited the Flashpoint universe's version of Jack Oswald White, discovering him to be a struggling family man supporting his wife and a child as a janitor at Wayne Casino.
Alone with Batman, Bane stated that both he and Batman knew what had to happen. Bane ignored Talia's command and decided to kill Batman himself with a shotgun. However, before he could execute Batman, Bane was shot at point-blank range in the chest by Selina Kyle with the Batpod's cannon, killing him instantly.
As the “good” doctor in the pit explains, during fights with other inmates in the pit, Bane's face was horribly mutilated, and a source of constant pain. The mask is not a way to introduce something that is boost his strength or enhances performance, it's a means to administer pain killers.
He may have some sort of mechanism that allows him to suck in liquefied nutrients through his mask. 2. He simply removes the mask while eating, and endures the pain.
