And this time its not Billy Dee Williams or Tommy Lee Jones, actor Aaron Eckhart is in final negotiations to play District Attorney Harvey Dent in the upcoming sequel to Batman Begins (entitled The Dark Knight). For those who are not familiar with the character of Two Face heres a little background.
When he first appeared in Detective Comics #66, the character’s name was Harvey Kent, but his name was changed to Harvey Dent in order to avoid unnecessary association with Clark Kent/Superman. The media nicknamed the young district attorney “Apollo” Dent for his good looks. At 26, he was Gotham’s youngest district attorney, about six months before Batman, then returning home from travels abroad, began his war on crime, as depicted in the events of Batman: Year One.
His campaign against crime ended tragically when “Boss” Maroni, a crime boss whom Dent was prosecuting, threw vitriol (sulfuric acid) in Dent’s face, horribly scarring his left hand and the left half of his face while leaving the other half undamaged. Tormented by his hideous reflection, Dent scarred one side of Maroni’s two-headed coin and let tosses of the coin decide whether he acted for good or evil in any situation
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