Tom Hardy reveals inspiration for Bane’s voice
![There has been no shortage of controversy surrounding Tom Hardy and Christopher Nolan‘s choices when it comes to the way that the Caped Crusader’s latest nemesis articulates himself in The Dark Knight Rises. When the prologue for the film was first screened in front of special IMAX showings of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol in December, […]](http://darkknight.tribute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/thedarkknightrises18-300x225.jpg "Tom Hardy reveals inspiration for Bane’s voice - The Dark Knight")
There has been no shortage of controversy surrounding Tom Hardy and Christopher Nolan‘s choices when it comes to the way that the Caped Crusader’s latest nemesis articulates himself in The Dark Knight Rises. When the prologue for the film was first screened in front of special IMAX showings of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol in December, there were many complaints that Bane’s voice was downright unintelligible. Though some attributed this to the early stages of the sound design, Nolan has since gone on to adjust Bane’s dialogue to make it easier to understand. The voice is unusual nonetheless, and Hardy has now spoken to Vulture about where he drew his inspiration from. “It’s based on a guy named Bartley Gorman,” he said. “He’s the king of the gypsies, and he’s a boxer, a bare-knuckle boxer, an Irish traveller, a gypsy.” This isn’t the first time somebody associated with the film has made the connection between Bane and a gypsy-esque backstory: Lindy Hemming referred to him in a similar fashion last week. Gorman can be seen in the 1995 documentary short, The King of the Gypsies.
