Dark Knight Rises
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I was right, he doesnt use Venom. The mask has nothing to do with that. And it makes sense because the entire idea of Venom and what it is to Bane doesnt fit within this realistic take on Batman. Venom is a drug that gives Bane supernatural strength in the comics, and that just wouldnt fit in with what Nolan is doing.
He's exactly what I thought he would be, just a strong maniac, very nasty and intelligent, good fighter, someone who can actually stand up to Batman, but is not pumped up on any sort of magic strength drug. Turns out the drug he is on is an anesthetic for an injury, that scar thats at the back of his neck.
Taken from Empire mag:
"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 cannisters of what ever it is...the anesthetic."Christopher Nolan talks about the story:
"Our story picks up eight years after The Dark Knight. In terms of finishing our story and increasing its scope, we were trying to craft an epic. It’s really all about finishing Batman and Bruce Wayne’s story. We left him in a very precarious place. Perhaps surprisingly for some people, our story picks up quite a bit later, eight years after The Dark Knight. So he’s an older Bruce Wayne; he’s not in a great state. With our choice of villain and with our choice of story we are testing Batman both physically as well as mentally. Also, in terms of finishing the our story and increasing its scope, we were trying to craft epic so the physicality of the film became very important."Tom Hardy on Bane:
"He’s brutal. Brutal. He’s a big dude who’s incredibly clinical, in the fact that he has a result-based and oriented fighting style. It’s not about fighting. It’s about carnage. The style is heavy-handed, heavy-footed, it’s nasty. Anything from small-joint manipulation to crushing skulls, crushing rib cages, stamping on shins and knees and necks and collarbones and snapping heads off and tearing his fists through chests, ripping out spinal columns. He is a terrorist in mentality as well as brutal action. He’s a smashing machine. He’s a wrecking ball. If we’re going to shoot somebody, shoot the pregnant woman or the old lady first. Make sure everybody stands up. He’s a terrorist in his mentality as well as brutal actions. He’s horrible piece of work."