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Should they have had Katie Holmes play Vicki Vale instead of Rachel Dawes?


Like maybe a darker more, somber version than the version that Kim Basinger played in the 1989 Batman movie. She could've been an edgy journalist who risks her life to get a scoop. Instead, with Rachel, we get an annoying self-righteous character who is more irritating than likable.

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Yeah, that would have been better. Holmes wasn't believable as an assistant DA. Prosecutors are usually not nice people.

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Rachel was probably a two scene character who they made into the female lead for two films.

Vicki Vale in Batman 89 and Chase Meridian in Batman Forever are more effective love interests than Rachel Dawes.

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Yeah, Vicki Vale or Rachel as a journalist instead of a prosecutor. Vicki as she was in Arkham City.

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Even Chase Meridian from Batman Forever was a more effective love interest than Rachel Dawes.

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