8 Little Known Nuances In Tom Hardy’s Performance That Made Nolan’s Bane Awesome
3. The Voice Is Based On Bare Knuckle Boxer's
While many elements of the comic's Bane (breaking the bat, an alliance with Talia and taking over Gotham all feature in the source), this interpretation bore the typical Nolan differences. In Rises the purpose of Bane's mask is more scientifically grounded than the power giving venom and the pit shaped him in a completely different way (its general belief rather than a hatred of bats that brings him to Gotham). These variations are personified with how Hardy did the voice.
In the comics from Latin America, the big screen Bane had an undeterminable origin (when you think about it, his backstory changed as much as the Jokers) and an accent to match. What many don't realise is that for the always joyful to imitate voice Hardy took inspiration from Bartley Gorman, an bare-knuckle boxing champion.
However, its not a complete betrayal of Banes origins. Gorman was a Romani gypsy, so even though it wasn't the expected Latino, it's still Romani Latin; in Hardys words underpinning the traditional Latin origins.