The Dark Knight Trilogy Collection on Instagram: "Tom Hardy’s preparation for Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, emphasizing how physically and psychologically demanding the role was. Hardy discusses the intimidation factor of stepping into Christopher Nolan’s Batman universe and working opposite Christian Bale, saying, “He looks really intimidating...There’s a three-year-old in me that’s going, ‘Oh my God, that’s Batman! That’s Batman and he’s going to hit me! But I love Batman!’ Then I look in the