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"Jonathan Nolan has defended Tom Hardy&amp;#039;s portrayal of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises.  A number of fans and critics have expressed difficulty understanding the villain&amp;#039;s dialogue in the six-minute prologue to the highly-anticipated film. The screenwriter, who is brother to director Christopher Nolan, spoke about Hardy&amp;#039;s depiction of Bane while attending a panel for his show Person of Interest at the TCA press tour.   &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve gotta tell you, I think what Tom Hardy is doing with the role is spectacular,&amp;quot; Jonathan said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve had the benefit of seeing a little bit more than the audience has seen, at this point, and it&amp;#039;s pretty spectacular.&amp;quot;  Jonathan went on to speak about the airborne action sequence that takes place in the prologue. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s an amazing team with my brother, [story writer] David [S] Goyer and myself,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Those are two great guys to work with and brainstorm with. &amp;quot;I think Chris [has] long wanted to do the aerial spectacular. It&amp;#039;s such a good fit for the IMAX cameras that he likes to shoot with, and so that was a long time in the making.&amp;quot; It was recently alleged that a new audio mix for the Dark Knight Rises prologue had been sent to cinemas in order to clean up Bane&amp;#039;s dialogue, although Warner Bros later denied the report.  The Dark Knight Rises opens in cinemas on July 20, 2012. Watch the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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