Antonio Diego<br />Bane
| Antonio Diego Bane | |
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| Joel Schumacher's Batman character | |
| File:Bane (Antonio Diego).png Robert Swenson as Bane. | |
| First appearance | Batman & Robin (1997) |
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| Portrayed by | Robert Swenson, Michael Reid MacKay (as Antonio Diego). |
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Antonio Diego, commonly known as Bane, is a fictional character who appears in the 1997 superhero film Batman and Robin. Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, he is portrayed by American actor Robert Swenson.
Fictional character biography[edit]
Antonio Diego was a criminal who was charged for murder and sent to the South American prison Pena Duro, he was later chosen as a volunteer for Jason Woodrue's "Project Gilgamesh", he would be a test subject for a super soldier serum named Venom, he was strapped down and then had tubes attached to his head where the serum would be flowing into, Woodrue also made him wear a mask, Woodrue then started the experiment.
Diego was originally very weak and scrawny, but once the Venom started taking effect, he transformed into a hulking abomination, Woodrue started the process again in turbo mode, this would prove to be a mistake, as he broke one of the chains holding him down, not wanting Diego to escape, Woodrue's henchmen tried to hold him down, but their efforts proved to be in vain, as they were easily taken down by him and flown across the room, he eventually fully escaped, and took the name "Bane", only being capable of making sounds such as grunts and snarls and barely being able to speak actual words.
Doctor Pamela Isley was watching the entire thing, and it would lead to her transformation into Poison Ivy by the hands of Woodrue,
He would then go on to team up with Ivy, acting as her henchman, Bane's first mission was attacking and scaring the Neon Gang out of a Turkish bathhouse so Ivy could claim it as her lair, he then aided Ivy in Arkham Asylum where he retrieved Mr Freeze's equipment from the locker room.
At Mr Freeze's hideout, the Snowy Cones Ice Cream Factory, Batman and Robin were attacked by Bane, who threw Robin down a set of stairs, Batman put up more of a fight, kicking Bane in the face and dodging his punches, but he eventually managed to smash a metal pole into Batman, knocking him down, Robin tried fighting Bane again, but he was again beaten by Bane while Batman was being seduced by Poison Ivy's pheromones.
Bane eventually grabbed Batman and put him in a choke hold, but he eventually managed to free himself, and Batman began fighting him again, he slammed a metal pole against Bane's head, knocking him down into a pile of boxes.
However, he eventually escaped from the scene of the crime, Bane then assisted Mr Freeze in taking control of his telescope, and also placed Freeze's icicle bombs around the area.
When Batman, Robin and Batgirl arrived to stop the villains, Bane appeared and pinned Batman's two sidekicks against a wall, but they managed to disconnect the Venom tubes from his head, and he fell down in a pool of Venom, he eventually reverted to his original form.
He was then left behind when the Telescope Platform began to collapse, and his fate was left unknown.[1]
Reception[edit]
This version of Bane was highly criticized for not being the intelligent villain of the comics, instead he was Poison Ivy's henchman with a low IQ, and could only make sounds instead of actual talking, he remains as one of the many reasons for why the film is terrible.[2]
He does, however, still retain some of the elements from the comics, such as his design and the use of the Venom drug that gives him his strength, which many critics praised him for.
The character has been called a "brainless musclehead".[3]
Legacy[edit]
The names "Antonio", "Diego" or even the full name have been used as the character's real name in some adaptations, such as in DC Super Hero Girls, where his name is given as "Diego Dorrance".[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ Maslin, Janet (June 20, 1997). "Batman and Robin". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Why Batman & Robin's Bane is So Different From The Dark Knight Rises'". MSN. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ↑ Bane vs Bane! WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT?, retrieved 2023-06-06
- ↑ DC Super Hero Girls (season 2) Episode 16: Accept No Substitute . DC Comics.
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