Two-Face
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- The character of Two-Face was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane.
- Originally, he was one of many gimmicked comic book villains: he plotted crimes around the number two, such as robbing Gotham Second National Bank at 2:00 on February 2. In more recent years, more serious-minded writers have portrayed his obsession with duality and his criminal behaviour as the result of multiple personality disorder.
- Although too gruesome for the 1960s television show (Clint Eastwood was proposed to play him at one time, as a former news-anchor who became disfigured when a television exploded in his face) that popularized Batman and much of his rogues gallery, Two-Face has been a prominent Batman foe and was played by Tommy Lee Jones in the 1995 film Batman Forever.
- In the comics, Two-Face often formed temporary alliances with Gotham City's other criminals, in particular The Joker and The Penguin.
- In the 1980s, Frank Miller rewrote Two-Face's origin, making him a victim of bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia. Miller also introduced a much stronger aspect to the dual nature, using Two-Face as a metaphor for the charitable and hostile sides of human nature. In this incarnation, Two-Face/Dent was reimagined as a tragic character, with a back story that included an abusive father and struggling through law school. Miller further expanded on the character by making the pre-accident Dent a major heroic figure in Batman: Year One. Dent's past actions and ties to both Batman and Commissioner Gordon make him an unsettling and personal foe for both men.
Trivia
- In the alternate future setting of The Dark Knight Returns, Dent's face was returned to normal, but at the unforeseen cost of permanently destroying the good-hearted Harvey Dent personality, leaving the monstrous Two-Face in control forever.
- Reportedly, director Christopher Nolan and writer David Goyer have expressed interest in utilizing the character in a possible sequel to 2005's Batman Begins. Liev Schreiber and Denzel Washington have been mentioned as possible canidates for the role. [1] It has now been confirmed that Aaron Eckhart will play Harvey Dent/ Two Face in the sequal to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight.
- In earlier incarnations of the character, the scarred left side of Harvey's face was colored green. Later interpretations of the character however shows his disfigurement as either blue or purple, presumably to simulate the physical appearance of actual burn victims.
