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| Written by Hazel on Sunday, 19 October 2008 00:00 |
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 Batman Confidential
From the stage to the big screen, Chin Han’s U.S. major film debut in The Dark Knight was strictly top secret For most of his 20 years in the entertainment industry, Singapore-born Chin Han has listed classically trained actor, director and producer to his repertoire of many talents, but his next role on this summer’s most anticipated blockbuster seems more like a top-secret project for the CIA. Han nabbed a “major, but highly confidential” role in The Dark Knight, the latest installment of the Batman prequel series starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. It’s Han’s U.S. major film debut, but the 37-year-old veteran actor was determined to keep his role a mystery until the film’s opening last July. Even when asked if his audiences will be rooting for his character, Han kept mum. “I don’t want to ruin the $200 million surprise, as [co-star] Anthony Michael Hall would say,” Han said, adding that going into detail about his character, named Lau, would give away too much of the closely-guarded plot. “If you like a certain character, you’ll be rooting for me as well.” But the secret is out now, and audiences saw that Lau was a Asian business mogul running with Gotham bad boys. Han says even his audition was a grueling, top-secret process. “They would have me read off of different versions of the script,” says Han. “There was no way of knowing which one was the actual script. The pages we read off of were also made of the kind of paper that was impossible to photocopy.” With production sets taking over large portions of metropolitan cities and catering tables longer than the eye can see, Han says the experience on The Dark Knight was at first intimidating. Yet sharing the screen with some of his film heroes including Morgan Freeman and Heath Ledger was a very rewarding experience. Before casting directors came calling for the role in The Dark Knight, Han was already an established actor, director and producer in Singapore, having worked on stage and several television programs. While Han is credited for producing and directing notable Singapore stage productions such as David Hare’s risqué “The Blue Room” and Ang Lee’s “The Wedding Banquet,” Han says he’s taking his multi-talented career toward film. Aside from The Dark Knight Han can also be seen in the independent film, “Three Needles,” a multi-story feature depicting the tragic implications of the worldwide AIDS epidemic. The film also stars Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh and Chloe Sevigny. With all the secrecy surrounding The Dark Knight, Han did go on the record to say that one of his most rewarding experiences from the film was working with late actor Heath Ledger. “Heath’s death came as a shock to everyone,” Han says of the actor who gave the now-legendary portrayal of the Joker. “Everyone was broken-hearted. He was such a good-natured, sincerely caring guy.” by: Hazel Lodevico |
