Earlier this month, Gary Oldman, who has portrayed James Gordon in both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight recently spoke about reprising the role, and putting Gordon’s drab greysand beige clothing back on, in sharp contrast to the catsuit that Anne Hathaway will wear in Christopher Nolan‘s forthcoming, third installment in his Bat-Trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises.

Oldman also said that there is going to be a vintage Batman villain in The Dark Knight Rises that hasn’t been mentioned yet. While recently attending the Empire Awards, the actor dropped some interesting bits about his co-stars and the script for The Dark Knight Rises.

Oldman said that Jim Gordon will have some interaction with Tom Hardy‘s Bane:

“The Dark Knight Rises begins in May. All I can say is that it’s a really great story. It’s a great script. (Christopher Nolan) has outdone himself from The Dark Knight. It is fantastic. I’ll be picking up the script here in a couple of weeks. I am actually working with Tom Hardy on The Wettest County in the World, that I am going to do. I worked with him on Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Then he is in the next Batman. So, its the year of Tom Hardy. I have quite a bit to do with Tom in this one. You know the character? Its going to be fantastic. Its common knowledge at this point.”

Oldman then detailed the script reading process, and added something interesting about the ending of the script:

“To get into the production office, you have someone meet you. Then there are keys in various doors that lock. The script? You read it in the production office. And there is no ending to the script, either. (Christopher Nolan) tells you the ending so that it doesn’t leak and get out, and people spoil it on the Internet. Its very tight security. That is how he does it.”

You can watch the interview with Absolute Radio below.

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Christopher Nolan will direct the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jonathan Nolan, from a story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. Goyer will also produce the film with Charles Roven and Nolan’s longtime producing partner, Emma Thomas.

The Dark Knight Rises is slated to hit theaters on July 20th, 2012.