Stan was speaking to Deadline at the Cannes<\/a> film festival while promoting Fjord, the Palme d\u2019Or-winning drama directed by Cristian Mungiu<\/a>. when he responded to online speculation about his role as Harvey Dent and his transformation into Two-Face, one of Batman\u2019s best-known antagonists.<\/a> <\/p>\n The Apprentice star said he would be travelling soon to London \u201cover summer\u201d to begin work on Reeves\u2019 sequel<\/a>, telling the outlet that he would play \u201cmany roles in this one\u201d. In DC Comics, Dent is introduced as Gotham City\u2019s district attorney and an ally of Batman before an attack leaves half his face disfigured, leading to the emergence of the criminal alter ego Two-Face. <\/p>\n Talking about working with the film\u2019s hair and makeup team who \u201cdevised how his disfigurement will look,\u201d Stan said: \u201cI\u2019m excited, I\u2019m nervous and trying to keep surprising myself.\u201d<\/p>\n The character has previously been portrayed on screen by Tommy Lee Jones in Joel Schumacher\u2019s Batman Forever (1995) and Aaron Eckhart in Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Dark Knight (2008).<\/p>\n The Batman<\/a> was released in March 2022 and starred Robert Pattinson<\/a> as a younger Bruce Wayne<\/a> and Jeffrey Wright as <\/a>Gotham City police lieutenant Jim Gordon who investigated a series of murders carried out by the Riddler, portrayed by Paul Dano<\/a>.<\/p>\n The film went on to receive largely positive reviews from critics<\/a> and made $772m worldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n The sequel will see Pattinson and Wright reprise their roles<\/a>, alongside Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth, Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb, also known as the Penguin, Jayme Lawson as Mayor Bella Re\u00e1l and Gil Perez-Abraham as Officer Martinez.<\/p>\n Reeves<\/a> confirmed earlier this month that Stan, along with his Marvel costar Scarlett Johansson<\/a>, had joined the cast of the film. While he did not reveal the role the actors had been cast in, reports from December said Stan was reportedly in talks to play Harvey Dent.<\/p>\n Talking about working with the film\u2019s hair and makeup team who \u201cdevised how his disfigurement will look,\u201d Stan told Deadline: \u201cI\u2019m excited, I\u2019m nervous and trying to keep surprising myself.\u201d<\/p>\n The sequel is expected to begin full production this week, according to trade publication World of Reel, although second-unit work and technical preparation are already reportedly under way in Liverpool. According to the BBC, vehicles had been spotted near St George\u2019s Hall and the Queensway Tunnel, but the activity is likely more of a \u201ctechnical recce\u201d.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Reeves posted images teasing snow-covered set pieces and the Batmobile driving through winter conditions, captioning one image \u201c#SnowTires\u201d. <\/p>\n In addition to Stan and Johansson, Reeves also announced that Charles Dance, Brian Tyree Henry, and Sebastian Koch had joined the film\u2019s cast. Little is known about the sequel other than that it is now scheduled for release on 1 October 2027, having originally been earmarked for 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-444562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sebastian](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2277858630...jpeg\")
Sebastian Stan has seemingly confirmed that The Batman: Part II will show the transformation of Harvey Dent into the villain Two-Face (Getty)<\/p>\n