But Ra’s Al Ghul isn’t Asian….

Batman-on-Film has confirmation that it is Ken Watanabe who will be playing the Demon in the upcoming Batman film. Which is… weird.

Don’t get me wrong, Watanabe is a great actor with charisma to spare. After seeing The Last Samurai, I had half a mind to hire the dude to follow me around town because the pure force of his scowl alone would be enough to deter any attacks on my person. But hasn’t Ra’s always been European?

Also, does anyone know how good Watanabe’s English is? It was heavily-accented but understandable in TLS; it’s possible that his American accent is much better and he was merely pulling a Lambert Wilson for the dramatic effect. Oh well; at least it guarantees he’ll sound cool calling Bale “detective”.

Does this mean that Talia will also be Japanese, or what?

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