Christopher Nolan's brother 'bullied' him into creating 'The Dark Knight'
Christopher Nolan's brother disclosed that has collaborated with his brother on 'Batman Begins' in 'a slightly arm’s length capacity'
Christopher Nolan's brother Jonathan Nolan, has shared an intriguing backstory about how he essentially "bullied" his brother into directing the groundbreaking superhero film The Dark Knight.
Speaking at Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Nolan's brother disclosed that having collaborated with his brother on Batman Begins in "a slightly arm’s length capacity, "he wondered "what [more] can we do with this?"
According to Jonathan, who had worked with his brother on a number of films, including as The Prestige and The Interstellar, Christopher was "on the fence" regarding a follow-up.
While conversing about his older brother’s preferences, Jonathan noted that despite using the 'Joker card' to end the film, Nolan "didn’t want to become one comic book movie director."
Jonathan told Shepard that "I was literally sitting with [producer] Charles Roven and Chris and being like, 'Dude, don’t be a chicken sh*t. Let’s do this!'"
Further adding: "And I knew with the script—and he developed the story with David Goyer with a little bit of input from me—it was like first act detailed, second act somewhat detailed, third act … uh, he rides away at the end—once we had the script done."
"I was like, ‘This is going to be great. This is exciting. We gotta make this movie.’ And eventually, he came around. He did manage to avoid being pigeonholed."
