When asked about Johnny and Philip for the
next installment of Batman in an
interview with MTV News conducted
just hours ago at the Toronto Film Festival,
Michael Caine states:
?They?ve already got them in mind,?
said Caine, when asked who he?d like
to see take up arms against the Caped
Crusader. ?It?s Johnny Depp as The Riddler
And The Penguin is Philip Seymour Hoffman.
I read it in the paper.?
?When Christopher Nolan said we were going
to do ?The Dark Knight? next, I didn?t know what
that meant in Batman terms,? related Caine,
who plays Bruce Wayne?s loyal butler, Alfred
Pennyworth. ?I said, ?What?s the story?? and
he said The Joker. I said, ?Oh, s?t! How are
you going to top Jack Nicholson?? He said,
?Well, I?ve cast Heath Ledger. And I went ?Ha!
I couldn?t top Jack, but if anyone could, maybe
Heath could.? And he did.
?I was with a Warner Bros. executive and I said,
?Are we going to make another one?? They said yeah.
I said, ?How the hell are we going to top Heath?
And he says ?I?ll tell you how you top
Heath ? Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Philip
Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin.? I said,
?S?t, they?ve done it again!?? [Laughs]
Article Credit www.splashpage.mtv.com
But remember, Johnny already unconfirmed to know of himself playing the Riddler in this radio interview.
