An actor has finally revealed the story behind a scene branded ‘the worst death scene’ ever which took place in a Christopher Nolan film.
Marion Cotillard finally spoke out about the scene in Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises in a recent interview with Les rencontres du Papotin, per Variety.
Cotillard played Talia al Ghul, the daughter of Liam Neeson’s Ra’s al Ghul from Batman Begins, in the ending to the trilogy from 2012.
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Talia dies later in the film in acting that can only be best described as… interesting.
She lets out with her last breath ‘my father’s work is done’ before falling back
This has gone viral on multiple occasions across multiple social media platforms.
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One comment on the scene posted to YouTube said: “Her death was the funniest thing in that entire movie.”
Another said: “For an oscar winning actress this was a terrible death scene.”
She has finally opened up about what happened, saying of the death in the film: “I didn’t nail that scene.
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“I didn’t find the right position. I didn’t find the right way… I was stressed. Sometimes it happens that you screw something up. So that, I screwed up.”
Though this is the first time she has revealed why it is that the scene didn’t work, it is not the first time Cotillard has been asked about it.
She said in 2016: “Sometimes there are failures, and when you see this on screen, you’re thinking: ‘Why? Why did they keep that take?’
“But either you blame everyone or nobody.
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“But I thought people overreacted because it was tough to be identified just with this scene.
“When I’m doing the best I can to find the authenticity in every character that I’m playing, it’s tough to be known just for this scene.”
This led to even more discussions of the scene itself, with one quoting the scene to say: “The worst death scene I’ve ever seen in a movie. So stiff awkward and fake. Should’ve re-shot it!!”
Another reply said: “The question I’ve been asking for a long time is: how did Nolan approve this scene in the final cut?”
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A third asked: “That's on Nolan. He's allowed to get multiple takes and not settle for that one.”
Though the Dark Knight trilogy is widely agreed to be iconic, the third film was the most criticised of the three.
Despite this though, it still managed to make over a billion dollars, so you’re unlikely to hear many more complaints.
Topics: Batman, Christopher Nolan, Film, TV and Film, Social Media, Entertainment
Michael Slavin