The Dark Knight trilogy has many memorable performances throughout each film. Whether it be actors who reprised their roles such as Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne, Michael Caine as Alfred or Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon, to actors who shined in their respective roles in only one of the films, such as Heath Ledger as the Joker or Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent... the trilogy is filled with examples of excellent portrayals. However, there are performances throughout the trilogy that do not receive quite as much positive attention as they should get. Here are 5 performances that are overlooked in The Dark Knight trilogy...
5. Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox)
Morgan Freeman's depiction of Lucius Fox in The Dark Knight trilogy is one example of seeing an accomplished actor portray the same character in the trilogy. Fox is one character who had yet to be included in a Batman film before the first film in the trilogy, Batman Begins was released in 2005. Similar to many of the actors who play their respective parts, Freeman owns the role of Lucius Fox from the first time he appears in Batman Begins. Fox and Bruce Wayne have a relationship that has some similarities to the relationship between Bruce and Alfred. Lucius cares for Bruce and supports him in his decision to become Batman. Bruce trusts Lucius with not only his needs as Batman such as requesting a new Batsuit in The Dark Knight but playing a substantial role in running Wayne Enterprises. Although the interactions between Lucius and Bruce do not have moments of emotion as witnessed in the relationship between Bruce and Alfred, the tone of several of their interactions resembling business-like discussions is key to their bond and to the films. Similar to the rest of the supporting performances in the trilogy, Freeman excels in his portrayal as Lucius Fox in each of the three films. Fans of Freeman and the trilogy are privileged to have an actor of Freeman's caliber play a character more than once as he does in The Dark Knight trilogy.