
In an interview with Les rencontres du Papotin (French outlet), Marion Cotillard confessed that she didn’t deliver her dramatic death scene in “The Dark Knight Rises” effectively. She put it, “I fell short in that scene.” Towards the end of the movie, Cotillard’s character Miranda was unveiled as Talia Al Ghul, daughter of Ra’s al Ghul from “Batman Begins” (played by Liam Neeson), and had been secretly collaborating with Bane to seize control of Gotham for the League of Shadows. In a prolonged chase with Batman and Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), Talia al Ghul met her demise when the vehicle she was driving veered off the highway. Before succumbing, Talia had an opportunity to express some final words to Batman, but her delivery was lackluster, often criticized as a cliché in the series. Cotillard’s performance in this scene hasn’t been one of her strongest, and it has faced continuous mockery online for over a decade. The actress added: