Tom Hardy Discusses Following On From Heath Ledger

In a small exercept from the many, many, MANY different set visits conducted for The Dark Knight Rises, Tom Hardy comments on Bane’s costume in the movie and if he felt any pressure of following on from Heath Ledger’s Joker in The Dark Knight. The answer is no.

Did you have any apprehension for being the guy that would follow Heath Ledger’s Joker?

No, I don’t think absolutely. That would be putting myself in a competition with somebody who’s clearly brilliant. And it’s not a question of whose talent is greater or whose work is greater. It’s just trying to be the best that we can be, rather then trying to be better then somebody else. I’m not trying to be better than somebody else. What he did was amazing. That’s that. I’ve got a part I’ve got to play, and I want to play my part.

Can you tell us what it’s like to wear the costume?

Hot. It’s very, very, very hot. Yeah. We’re all getting very hot. You think about the lads that are out in Afghanistan and Baghdad, and you think about the kit they have to wear, well then it’s actually not that bad, is it? But it is hot. It’s hard to breathe.

Can you talk a little bit about when you first put it on, and working with the costume department to get it right?

You just put it on, you know? [Laughs] And then it’s on, and it’s hard to breathe. I can’t hear anyone, and no one can see me speak. So there you go. [Laughs] And the magic begins.

You can read the full interview at the link below.

SOURCE: Collider