According to The Hollywood Reporter, Charles Dance is in talks to join The Batman: Part II as the father of Harvey Dent, the district attorney destined to become Two-Face. Dance would share the screen with Robert Pattinson's Batman, Sebastian Stan as Harvey Dent himself, and Scarlett Johansson as Dent's wife — making the Dent family one of the most star-studded clans in recent comic book movie history.
Why the Dent Family Dynamic Changes Everything
Harvey Dent's origin has always been more than just an acid bath and a coin flip. The psychological scaffolding — the pressure of legacy, the weight of a family name, the corruption baked into Gotham's elite — is what makes him one of Batman's most compelling villains. By casting Dance, director Matt Reeves is signaling that he wants to build that backstory from the ground up, giving Dent's fall from grace real dramatic weight before it happens.
For fans, this is huge. It means The Batman: Part II isn't just delivering a villain — it's delivering a tragedy. And any time a comic book film commits to that kind of character architecture, the fancasting conversation explodes. Who fills out the rest of Gotham's powerful families? What other legacy characters could get the same treatment? The doors are wide open.
What myCast Fans Are Already Building
The myCast community hasn't waited around for official announcements — there are already multiple active fan casts for The Batman: Part II taking shape on the platform. The most developed story so far covers nine roles and features some genuinely compelling picks. Robert Pattinson is locked in as Batman (naturally), while fans have tapped John David Washington for Harvey Dent — an interesting choice given that the role has since been officially cast with Sebastian Stan. It'll be fascinating to see whether fan sentiment shifts now that Stan is confirmed.
Elsewhere in that story, Michael Fassbender is the pick for Mr. Freeze and Colin Farrell holds down The Penguin — a nod to continuity from The Batman that feels exactly right. Over on a second fan cast, , the community has been thinking even further ahead: is slotted in as The Joker (his tease at the end of the first film has clearly stuck with fans), alongside as Poison Ivy and as Vicki Vale. That Snook pick in particular feels inspired — she's proven she can hold her own in a prestige drama about powerful, morally complicated people, which is exactly Gotham's energy. Notably, none of these stories have yet cast Harvey Dent's father, so there's a real gap to fill right now.