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"The Dark Knight Rises star Michael Caine has suggested that his character Alfred is more &amp;quot;intense&amp;quot; in the third film. Caine explained in a recent interview that he has noticed major changes in the Wayne family butler in Christopher Nolan&amp;#039;s Batman trilogy.   &amp;quot;Alfred has gotten more and more intense as the three movies have gone on. But I loved that, I love doing intense,&amp;quot; the star joked, reports Flicks and Bits. He further explained: &amp;quot;What it is for me, this is a blockbuster, stunts, special-effects movie, and usually the people in those type of movies are ciphers, you know? You get to see some people wandering about, but you&amp;#039;re waiting for the next stunt.  &amp;quot;Here, with the writer/director Christopher Nolan, he&amp;#039;s brilliant because he wrote real characters with really great dialogue and great scenes - which is why I did it in the first place.  &amp;quot;I remember, when Chris came to my door one Sunday morning and he had this Batman Begins script, he said to me, &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m doing Batman, I want you to play the butler, Alfred&amp;#039;. I said, &amp;#039;I want to read it first&amp;#039;. I didn&amp;#039;t want to come in the movie every so often, every 20 minutes saying, &amp;#039;Dinner is served, would you like coffee?&amp;#039;&amp;quot;   Caine added: &amp;quot;I wanted something a bit more meaty than that, and I really got it! Especially in The Dark Knight Rises!&amp;quot; The two-time Oscar winner previously revealed Alfred will play a crucial role in the conclusion of the Batman trilogy. The Dark Knight Rises is released on July 20. Watch a trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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