Golden girl Anne Hathaway glitters for The Dark Knight Rises premiere

 
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19 July 2012
The Weekender

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Prince Harry tussled with the Batman stars for the spotlight as he turned up for the London premiere of The Dark Knight Rises.

The Prince, in a navy suit, stole the attention of photographers away from Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway, who lived up to her reputation as Hollywood's golden girl in a gold floor-length Gucci gown.

The 29-year-old star, who plays Selina Kyle and alter-ego Catwoman in Christopher Nolan's third and final instalment, brought a touch of glamour to the red carpet alongside co-star Marion Cotillard, wearing Dior Couture at last night's two premieres at the Odeon cinema in London's Leicester Square and the BFI Imax.

Christian Bale - reprising his role as Bruce Wayne and Batman for the third and last time - also attended the star-studded premieres, joined by Tom Hardy, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy and the director.

Hathaway, a newcomer to the Batman films who had never worked with Nolan before, revealed she had to endure gruelling preparation for the role.

"It took so much training. If you're familiar with my other works, you'll see that I'm not a natural bad-ass so it took a lot of work to get there," she admitted.

But she added: "It was wonderful, it was such an honour. I love the first two Batman films."

Hardy, who portrays the caped crusader's new arch-nemesis Bane, said: "It was great. I got to fight Christian!"

On the red carpet outside the BFI Imax, director Nolan said Bale made the perfect Batman.

"He has incredible dedication and focus, just like Bruce Wayne has," he said.

"You see that in Christian's eyes and it lets him present a really credible portrait of a self-created superhero, just the self-discipline and incredible focus."

Nolan said of working on the big-budget blockbuster: "It's an incredible thrill to make something on this scale, to watch the technical finish come together over the many months we've worked on it."

The Dark Knight Rises also starring Sir Michael Caine and Gary Oldman opens in cinemas tomorrow.

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