Why does Tom Hardy look so tall in Batman?

In order to make Tom's Bane appear taller, three-inched lifts were used for the actor. Thanks to this technique, The Dark Knight Rises' Bane appeared taller and dominating than other characters.
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Was Tom Hardy big in Batman?

"If you really study the photographs [of Bane], I was really overweight, actually. I ate a lot and I wasn't much heavier than I am now, but I just ate more pizza. They shoot from low to make you look big," answered Hardy.
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How much weight did Tom Hardy gain for the Batman movie?

Tom Hardy gained almost 30 pounds to play Bane in 'The Dark Knight Rises' When Hardy got cast in The Dark Knight Rises, he didn't have to start from scratch on his character's look.
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How much muscle did Tom Hardy gain for Batman?

Tom Hardy, who is 5'9″, put on about 30lbs of muscle to play Bane in The Dark Knight Rises. He was close to 200lbs.
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Did Tom Hardy take steroids for Batman?

Some actors have been rather open about their use of performance-enhancing drugs. For example, in an interview, Tom Hardy sarcastically replied, Tom Hardy as Bane in the 2012 film “The Dark Knight Rises.” In an interview with Men's Journal, Hardy made a veiled reference to using PEDs to bulk up for the role.
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Is Bane's voice Tom Hardy?

Tom Hardy played villain masked villain Bane in Christian Bale's final turn as Batman — The Dark Knight Rises. Hardy came up with Bane's voice on his own, and at first it was almost impossible to understand. He based the unique voice on a boxer named Bartley Gorman.
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What was wrong with Bane's face?

He was injured early in his story. Hes suffering from pain and he needs gas to survive. He cannot survive the pain without the mask. The pipes from the mask go back along his jawline and feed into the thing at the back where there are two canisters of what ever it is…the anesthetic.
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Does Tom Hardy lift weights?

Hardy told the New York Daily News in 2012 he gained 30lbs of muscle for the role—and if you take one look at him in costume, it really shows. Hardy's trainer had the actor working out in physically taxing short sessions four times per day, using strength training and bodyweight exercises to gain muscle.
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How does Tom Hardy stay fit?

He really only did a mix of push-ups, simple resistance training and sit-ups sprinkled throughout the day. These day-long workouts would often add up to around 1,000 reps a day. It's not something you can do if you're out of shape, but it's manageable.
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How tall is Bane Batman?

Already a highly intimidating figure, standing a towering 6ft8 (2.03m), and heavily muscled, Bane is a physical giant, even in his normal state.
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How tall is Batman?

DC officially lists Batman as being 6 feet, 2 inches tall. The average height for an adult man is about 5'10,” making Batman taller than average. With the additional height of the costume's hallmark pointy bat ears, Batman's size could look pretty intimidating in a dark alley.
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What is the height of Zendaya?

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The Spider-Man actor, who is 173cm tall, is currently dating his Marvel co-star Zendaya, who is 179cm tall.
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How did they make Tom Hardy look tall in Dark Knight?

'The Dark Knight Rises': Tom Hardy Had to Wear Platform Boots to Appear the Same Height as Christian Bale.
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How long did Tom Hardy get in shape for Bane?

Much like when playing Charles Bronson, the English actor hulked up for his role as Bane in almost no time — we're talking three months. His method was simple: a multi-faceted workout employing moderate weights and high repetitions that's coupled with a Super Size Me take on healthy eating.
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Is Bane Ra's al Ghul son?

Bane's Backstory

When Bruce is thrown in the same pit Talia grew up in, he learns of Ra's al Ghul's child that escaped the underground prison. It's assumed by both Bruce and audience that the child was Bane. But in the flashback scene, the child who escaped is not wearing a mask.
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Why is Bane so strong?

Venom Usage: He utilizes the super-steroid known as Venom to enhance his own physical attributes to superhuman levels, namely his strength, durability, speed, and endurance.
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How heavy was Tom Hardy in Warrior?

How heavy was Tom Hardy in Warrior? Tom Hardy weighed about 181lbs when filming Warrior back in 2011. This is pretty impressive considering he had to gain over 40lbs to get bigger and prepare for this role.
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How much did Tom Hardy workout for Bane?

Hardy hasn't been a slender man for some time, but for Bane he still had to pack on 30 pounds of muscles, a challenge that had him training four times a day and eating like a horse. In an interview with the Daily Beast, the actor revealed that it was this particular pre-shoot training that proved his hardest.
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How does Bane eat and drink?

Bane in comics likely eats normally. A friend of mine broke a his jaw and had to get it wired shut. He received sustenance by consuming liquid food through a straw.
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Why does Bane talk like that?

Of course Bane is masked in The Dark Knight Rises which changes the sound of his voice, making it more muffled. And as Hardy explained in his Wired interview, he and Dark Knight Rises director Nolan did “play around” with the voice, making it more fluid.
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Do we ever see Bane without the mask?

Though there is a quick moment in the film where we see Bane without his mask on, it's before he had the mask at all, so it doesn't give us any insight as to what's doing under the mask.
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How much weight did Tom Hardy gain for Bane?

To meet the demands of the role, Hardy— chameleonic as ever —gained two stone (13kg/30lbs) in weight, bringing him to a hefty 90 kilos. "Compared to Christian Bale I've been by no means extreme in my body changes," Hardy told The Daily Beast in a separate interview.
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How did Blake know Bruce is Batman?

When cop John Blake was a child, Bruce Wayne visited a boys' home/orphanage run by the Wayne Foundation. And because his parents had also been tragically taken away from him, Blake was able to tell that Wayne was Batman by looking at his face. At his face.
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What is Bane's weakness?

While the substance often makes Bane practically unstoppable, Venom is also Bane's biggest weakness. Venom gives Bane a huge Achilles' Heel. When the tubes/mask are damaged, severing Bane's Venom supply, he immediately experiences excruciating withdrawal. That intense pain makes Bane easily fallible.
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