IGN - The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan felt Tom Hardy's performance as Bane hasn't quite gotten its due, going so far as to compare his facial expressions to the work
![Will McCrabb on Twitter: "TOM HARDY kept Bane's voice/accent a secret until day one of the TDKR shoot so it was a total surprise for NOLAN. http://t.co/SJz9Xd7RGw" / Twitter Will McCrabb on Twitter: "TOM HARDY kept Bane's voice/accent a secret until day one of the TDKR shoot so it was a total surprise for NOLAN. http://t.co/SJz9Xd7RGw" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9MR3oECMAAR-ml.jpg)
Will McCrabb on Twitter: "TOM HARDY kept Bane's voice/accent a secret until day one of the TDKR shoot so it was a total surprise for NOLAN. http://t.co/SJz9Xd7RGw" / Twitter
![In The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Tom Hardy based his Bane accent on me wheezing for breath after smoking a pack of cigarettes despite being an asthmatic. : r/shittymoviedetails In The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Tom Hardy based his Bane accent on me wheezing for breath after smoking a pack of cigarettes despite being an asthmatic. : r/shittymoviedetails](https://preview.redd.it/54i92cihvt951.jpg?auto=webp&s=3cf1274969bb96383ef448d0b8c6387992d370b7)
In The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Tom Hardy based his Bane accent on me wheezing for breath after smoking a pack of cigarettes despite being an asthmatic. : r/shittymoviedetails
![Christopher Nolan said in a recent interview that Tom Hardy's Bane Performance 'Has Yet to Be Fully Appreciated' by moviegoers and critics. Opinions? : r/batman Christopher Nolan said in a recent interview that Tom Hardy's Bane Performance 'Has Yet to Be Fully Appreciated' by moviegoers and critics. Opinions? : r/batman](https://preview.redd.it/45lgoynyjff61.jpg?auto=webp&s=cb40aba90f3ec952569cf750c3ff13d79ca637e8)
Christopher Nolan said in a recent interview that Tom Hardy's Bane Performance 'Has Yet to Be Fully Appreciated' by moviegoers and critics. Opinions? : r/batman
![The Dark Knight Rises, 2012: Tom Hardy based his Bane accent on an English Traveller named Bartley Gorman. Gorman was a bare-knuckle boxing champion in the UK and Ireland. He was often The Dark Knight Rises, 2012: Tom Hardy based his Bane accent on an English Traveller named Bartley Gorman. Gorman was a bare-knuckle boxing champion in the UK and Ireland. He was often](https://preview.redd.it/g35wl0mljo951.jpg?auto=webp&s=93b50f897b4745fb76b40ea16572c149d4c35650)