10 Franchises That Killed Off The Wrong Person

6. Harvey Dent - The Dark Knight

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Why He Shouldn't Have Died:

Aaron Eckhart must hate Christopher Nolan. Right on the verge of a cushty spot amongst the villains in the director's The Dark Knight trilogy, he manages about twenty minutes on screen as the iconic Two-Face before suffering an altogether ignominious demise by falling off some scaffolding.

His career took a similar nose-dive soon after as he starred in blockbuster turkey I, Frankenstein. Imagine how different things would have been - and how much better a villain The Dark Knight Rises would've had - if Dent had survived to vex Batman another day. Especially since, sadly, Heath Ledger couldn't return.

Who Should've Died Instead:

This one is a little more tricky. Word on the street is that Nolan would've much preferred to have not done a third Batman film after Ledger's death, and he intentionally avoided any references to The Joker within The Dark Knight Rises out of sensitivity and respect for his lost friend. But it might've made more sense to have him offed between films and bring Dent back.

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