TDK Special : Top 5 Rachel Dawes

Most critics locally, internationally and across the internet have given rave reviews and standing ovations to probably one of the most celebrated comic book movie adaptation of the year. There is however, a tiny flaw in the whole masterpiece. Rachel Dawes. As we all know the role of Rachel could not be played by Katie Holmes because of “scheduling conflicts” or in other words “I’m married to a strange man who wants to send me to outerspace”. Maggie Gyllenhaal gave a fairly decent performance but her own persona brought very little to the girl both Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent long to be with. So since there aren’t any movies worth watching right now and just like all those old “What If’s….?” comic books, have a look at my Top 5 Rachel Dawes.

5. Kate Bosworth

This is probably quite a far off possibility but I think she would have done a fairly decent job as Rachel Dawes. She would bring confidence to the character and make her scenes with Harvey Dent more believable. She’s also a bit of a fighter which means she wouldn’t have been scared of the Joker’s threats on her own life. The only downside would be that she’s a bit thin and probably looks more like Poison Ivy than Rachel.


4. Kristin Kreuk

Smallville fans would definitely support me with this. What is there that we don’t like about Lana Lane? She’s smart, beautiful and can handle herself in a fight. She also has the look that a billionaire like Bruce Wayne would want to be with and would suit the glitz and glamour of being a billionaire’s love interest.

3. Natalie Portman

Brains, elegant and fairly witty, Natalie would have definitely been in contention to play Rachel. She would have brought much needed guile and fearlessness as she battles against the underworld of Gotham. The same way she brought leadership qualities to Queen Amidala, her character would be able to compete with Harvey Dent as a no nonsense district attorney.

2. Jessica Alba

She was going to be the number 1 choice till I figured that she’s just too beautiful to play that part. If anything it would probably be her downfall. Smart, outgoing, fun, cute, beautiful, Jessica Alba would be the most sort-after woman in Gotham. It would make it very believable to why both Bruce and Harvey seem so intent in making her theirs. She’s even been in a few action films so she’s not actually a pushover. It would have been more believable if she was in Batman Begins and continued the role in The Dark Knight. But to come and just replace Katie Holmes would have been a major shock for most fans as she is much better looking compared to Katie.

1. Rachel McAdams

It was rumoured that Rachel McAdams was to replace Katie Holmes for the part of Rachel Dawes before it was subsequently offered to Maggie Gyllenhaal. Not much is known about the character of Rachel except that she and Bruce were almost childhood sweethearts before the unfortunate death of his parents. If anything the character of Rachel Dawes would have a girl-next-door kind of look. Not disregarding the fact that both have the same first name, Rachel McAdams would have fit the bill perfectly. Oozing with confidence, intelligence, personality and good looks, she would have been the perfect partner to Bruce Wayne. This has to be someone that isn’t a supermodel or amazingly beautiful, but has the trustworthy look that Bruce seems to be craving for. Moviegoers would be able to relate to the chemistry between the two and thus find it heartbreaking that both she and Bruce can never be together as long as he is still Batman.