With pre-production well underway, hopefully, The Batman Part 2 takes advantage of its status as a direct sequel and continues Batman’s development into a new kind of hero. We already know for sure that the film is expanding its roster of supporting characters, introducing Sebastian Stan as Harvey Dent and Scarlett Johansson as his wife, Gilda. Even though everyone knows that Harvey’s ultimate fate is to become the villainous Two-Face, some new confirmed casting implies that, ironically enough, we’ll get to witness the character’s origin firsthand in a way we never did with Bruce – an origin that has never properly been adapted on the big screen.
Recently, Deadline reported that veteran actor Charles Dance is in final talks to portray Christopher Dent, Harvey’s father and an important character who has never been adapted in a live-action DC film before. Dance, best known for playing Tywin Lannister (another terrible father from HBO’s Game of Thrones), is the latest in a line of potential castings for the character that have included Viggo Mortensen and Daniel Craig. While Christopher Dent isn’t exactly a recurring supporting character in the Batman mythos, his few appearances are crucial in contextualizing why Harvey turns out the way he does.
