JEFFREY WRIGHT

relationship, but thinking about it now, I can certainly relate to it.

WO:

We could probably all do with an Alfred right?

AS: 100 per cent. [James Gordon] WO:

Batman,

In the world of Gordon is one of caped crusader’s closest confidantes. in where are we at in the ark of their relationship?

The Batman,

This is a Year Two story for Batman, a post origin story, so we’re on the ground floor of the building of their relationship.

What I appreciated about Matt’s script is that he’s kind of peeling off these assumptions that we make about the characters, and Gotham and their relationships. The first scene we shot was one where Gordon and Batman are walking into the room with all of these cops, and it’s a whole window into the story for me because it raised in my mind some questions that could be taken for granted: “Who is this guy in the weird animal suit? It’s strange that Gordon is with this guy, right?” Immediately we begin to ask these questions, and in this instance they are asked through the eyes of Gordon’s colleagues in the police department. All of these assumptions are being reconsidered and it’s still new and maturing. That’s where we are at the beginning of the film and we see where it goes.

JOHN TURTURRO

[Carmine Falcone] WO:

One of the cocreators of your character once said that he based the character on Don Corleone. Did that inform your portrayal of the role?

John Turturro: Not really, but I could see from the comic that he

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