Will Marion Cotillard play Talia al Ghul after all?
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Right. We were just having a half-hearted look at some new photos of Anne Hathaway on the set of The Dark Knight Rises (in a very boring Selina Kyle get-up, nothing to get excited/bitchy over), when we spotted a shot of Marion Cotillard in costume. And it’s… blimey, it’s very bloody interesting indeed.
You may remember that Cotillard’s character Miranda Tate was described as “a Wayne Industries board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father’s philanthropic endeavors for Gotham”, on top of which Cotillard herself has recently claimed her role is “small”. This is bollocks. We’re wise to you, Christopher, and we’ve got a new theory… (click the image to biggify)
Right, we’re going to come out and say it: Marion Cotillard is CLEARLY Talia al Ghul. What sort of businesswoman wears a tunic and three belts? Lest we forget, the Wayne Enterprises boardroom looks like this:

Exactly. Josh Pence and Joey King have been cast as the young Ra’s and Talia al Ghul – meaning that unless we’re in for an extended trip to the Department of Flashback there must also be grown up versions in the cast – and the recent spotting of what look like greenscreened Lazarus Pits at The Dark Knight Rises‘ Indian set clearly corroborates our theory (from way back when Liam Neeson was first spotted onset again) that he’ll be taking a restorative dip and returning to the fray. It doesn’t make any sense for Cotillard to be fobbed off with an anodyne secondary character, and as far as we’re concerned this photo has confirmed what we’ve suspected for some time. Yay Talia!


THE DARK KNIGHT RISES AT THE HEINZ FIELD IN PITTSBURGH
SOME HOW TOM HARDY ‘S BANE AND HIS MEN ARRIVED ONTO
THE FIELD WHILE BANE TAKE THE MICROPHONE AND HOLDING
A OBJECT WHICH LOOKS LIKE A SPHERE AND SAID : GOTHAM
TAKE CONTROL, TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CITY , THIS IS THE
INSTRUMENT OF YOUR LIBERATION IDENTIFY YOURSELF NEVER HEARD
TOM HARDY’S BANE SAID THAT SENTENCE BEFORE IN THE
DARK KNIGHT RISES . TOM HARDY’S BANE THEN DROPPED
SOMEONE THE IMAGE IS BLUR (HINT : COULD IT BE
COMISSIONER GORDON WHO IS BEATEN UP BY TOM HARDY’S BANE . COULD MARION COTILLARD ‘S MIRANDA TATE BECOME
TALIA AL GHUL , AFTER ALL WHAT KIND OF A BUSINESS WOMAN
WOULD WEAR A TUNIC AND THREE BELTS ? AND LET’S NOT
FORGET THE WAYNE ENTERPRISES BOARDROOM LOOKS LIKE THIS
A TABLE AND A WHOLE LOTS OF CHAIRS JEEZ IT DOESN’T
MAKE ANY SENSE FOR MARION COTILLARD TO BE FOBBED OFF
WITH AN ANODYNE SECONDARY CHARACTER GET THE PICTURE
SADLY DARYL SAID : SOME ONE WOULD WANT TO SCREW MARION COTILLARD UP FOR GOOD CAUSED SOMEONE WOULD HATE HER IN THE DARK KNIGHT RISES . DARYL SAID: TALIA
AL GHUL IS NEITHER HERO NOR VILLIAN BUT MORE OF AN
ANTI-HEROINE YOU SEE TALIA IS A COMPLEX CHARACTER
SHE STOOD OUT AND PROVEN TO BE A WORTHY HEIR AMONG
RA’S CHILDREN THAT INCLUDES HER SISTER NYSSA . DARYL THEN
CONTINUES TALIA AL GHUL’S STORY SHE A SKILLED MARTIAL ARTS EXPERT AT HAND TO HAND COMBAT . SOME HOW WHEN
TALIA MET BAT MAN THEY SUDDENLY FALL IN LOVE AND THE
SNEAKY RA’S AL GHUL KNOWS THAT BAT MAN IS A WORTHY
HEIR TO MARRY HIS DAUGHTER AND BAT MAN HATES TO BE
THE LEADER OF A CRIMINAL EMPIRE BUT SOMEHOW RETURNS
THE RELATION SHIP AND FEELINGS BACK TO TALIA AL GHUL .
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TALIA AL GHUL SAVED BAT MAN LIFE
AND KILLED DOCTOR DARKK . TALIA THEN PURSUADES BAT MAN
TO RETURN TO GOTHAM CITY WHEN BAT MAN DECLARES IT IS
A NO MAN LAND . DARYL A GOOD STORYTELLER THEN CONTINUES RA’S AL GHUL USUALLY COMPARE AND WANTS TALIA
AL GHUL TO MARRY BANE BUT WHEN BAT MAN DEFEATS BANE RA’S AL GHUL THEN GIVES UP TRYING TO MATCHED TALIA AND BANE TOGETHER DARYL SAID JEEZ THEN CONTINUES
TALIA AL GHUL SOLD ALL OF LEX CORP STUFF TO WAYNE
ENTERPRISES AND BRINGS THE DOWNFALL TO LEX LUTHOR AND GIVES BIRTH TO BAT MAN’S SON DAMIAN WAYNE THE
FIFTH ROBIN . AND AS FAR AS DARYL CONCERNED THIS PHOTO HAS CONFIRMED WHAT DARYL SUSPECTED FOR SOME
TIME. YAY TALIA .