Talia al Ghul: Difference between revisions

* [[Marion Cotillard]] portrays Talia al Ghul in ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]'',<ref>{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Ryan|date=July 22, 2012|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ryan/the-dark-knight-rises-batman-begins_b_1693770.html|title='The Dark Knight Rises': Batman Begins, Again|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|publisher=[[Huffington Post Media Group]]|location=New York City|access-date=March 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jeff|last=Jensen|date=July 21, 2012|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/07/21/batman-bane-catwoman-that-ending-time-to-talk-about-the-dark-knight-rises-but-only-if-youve-seen-it/|title=Batman. Bane. Catwoman. That ending! Time to talk about 'The Dark Knight Rises' -- but only if you've seen it.|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]]|location=New York City|access-date=July 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Drew|last=McWeeny|author-link=Drew McWeeny|date=August 27, 2012|url=http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/our-second-look-at-the-dark-knight-rises-digs-into-the-bad-and-the-ugly|title=Our second look at 'The Dark Knight Rises' digs into the bad and the ugly|website=[[Hitfix]]|access-date=July 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kara|last=Warner|date=July 28, 2012|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1690726/dark-knight-anne-hathaway-marion-cotillard.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730005556/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1690726/dark-knight-anne-hathaway-marion-cotillard.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 30, 2012|title='Dark Knight Rises' Femme Fatales: An Appreciation|website=[[MTV]]|access-date=December 14, 2012|quote=Back to Cotillard as Talia al Ghul and that moving reveal ... how great is that moment? While she reveals her true self as the cold, calculating killer maestro behind the madness, she is doing so whilst lovingly fixing Bane's busted mask, causing that aforementioned tear.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Josh|last=Wigler|date=July 27, 2012|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1690627/dark-knight-rises-spoilers.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728054308/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1690627/dark-knight-rises-spoilers.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 28, 2012|title='The Dark Knight Rises' Again: Tips For Your Second Viewing|website=[[MTV]]|quote=The big twist of 'Rises' centers on the transformation of Marion Cotillard's character from Wayne Enterprises CEO Miranda Tate to League of Shadows heir and terrorist Talia al Ghul.}}</ref> while [[Joey King]] and Harry Coles portrayed younger versions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bedard|first=Kelly|date=2012-01-06|title=Exclusive Interview: Joey King|url=http://www.myentertainmentworld.ca/2012/01/exclusive-interview-joey-king/|website=My Entertainment World|access-date=September 10, 2012}}</ref> Throughout most of the film, she appears under the alias '''Miranda Tate''', a wealthy executive and philanthropist who gains Bruce Wayne's trust as [[Wayne Enterprises]]'s CEO, and briefly becomes his lover. After Batman defeats [[Bane (comics)|Bane]], Talia reveals that she is Ra's al Ghul's daughter and heir of the League's leadership, and that she dedicated herself to carrying out the dream of destroying Gotham after her father's demise and seeks revenge against Batman. The film further reveals that Talia was born in the underground prison "the Pit" and is a loyal friend to Bane who had protected her until she was able to escape. Batman and [[Selina Kyle]] pursue Talia as she drives a truck carrying an [[atomic bomb]] with which she intends to destroy the city, and Talia is mortally injured when she crashes her vehicle. She dies, believing that her mission is a success after destroying the reactor that can disable the bomb, but Batman ultimately foils her plot and saves Gotham City by carrying the bomb in [[Batplane|the Bat]] over the bay to explode. This version has been regarded as one of the best female movie villains.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theodysseyonline.com/top-10-female-movie-villains | title=Top 10 Female Movie Villains | date=2 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://time.com/2801704/maleficent-villains-wicked-witch-catwoman/ | title=Maleficent and 16 Other Famous Queens of Mean | date=31 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/badass-female-villians-feature/</ref><ref>https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-10-greatest-female-supervillains</ref> The film has since been regarded as one of the best films of the 2010s<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/100-best-movies-of-the-decade/ | title=100 Best Movies of the Decade | date=30 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamesradar.com/decade-best-movies-2010-2019/2/ | title=The 100 best movies of the decade | date=16 December 2019 }}</ref> and all time.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/best-movies-all-time-greatest-films-2021/ | title=The 100 greatest movies of all time | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=24 June 2021 | last1=Collin | first1=Robbie }}</ref><ref>https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/301-greatest-movies/</ref>