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From our friends at Dark Horizons

 

 

In an interview with Sci-Fi Wire, Gary Oldman revealed a spoiler - he gets to drive the armored new Batmobile in the film.

 

Oldman only sat in the vehicle for a visual-effects shot however - "I do get [to drive it] in this film. I think I'm one of the few characters [who does]....It's a coup to be able to get to drive the Batmobile. ... They may let me take one home. I think there's about six or seven of them." A scene later in the film has Batman tossing him the keys to the famed car.

 

Oldman plays Lt. James Gordon, the younger incarnation of Commissioner Jim Gordon and in regards to that he responded "He had to start somewhere, you know? I'm not gray yet. Maybe the next one."

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Here's an exerpt from the script... Incluses SPOILERS

 

 

 

 

 

It's a scene where the police are describing the Tumbler.

 

GORDON

Take my car.

 

BATMAN

I brought mine.

 

Batman has dissappeard into the dark end of the alley.

 

GORDON

Your's?

 

BLINDING HEADLIGHTS FLARE. A MASSIVE ENGINE ROARS -

 

Gordon DIVES out of the way as-

 

The BATMOBILE comes flying out of the darkness... the matte-black, muscularity of this stealth finished "Car" BLOWS BY.

 

Gordon's jaw DROPS

 

GORDON (CONT.)

I gotta get me one of those.

 

INT. BATMOBILE (Continuous)

 

Batman DRIVES. Rachel, COMING TO, hangs on, TERRIFIED. A COP CAR pulls into the alley - Batman hits the accelerator.

 

INT. COP CAR (continuous)

 

The cops GAWP at the Batmobile, BRACING -

 

EXT. ALLEY (continuous)

 

The Batmobile SMASHES into the cop car, huge front tires CRUSHING the bonnet, BOUNCING the Batmobile right over the cop car in a messy display of brute force.

 

EXT. SURFACE STREETS - GOTHAM (continuous)

 

The Batmobile TEARS left and ACCELERATES down the street.

 

INT. CRUSHED COP CAR (continuous)

 

The Cops are scrunched down. One of them GRABS a radio.

 

COP 1

He's in a vehicle

 

DISPATCHER (over radio)

Make and color?

 

COP 1

It's a black...

(Turns to partner who shrugs)

...Tank.

 

DISPATCHER (over radio)

Tank?

 

later on in the script...

 

An IMPATIENT COP is on the radio.

 

COP 3

Well at least TELL me what it looks like...

 

His eyes WIDEN: The Batmobile ROARS past. A shadowy MONSTER

 

COP 3 (CON'T)

...Nevermind

 

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