Eddie Murphy Insists He's Not The Riddler

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: WENN

For months now rumors have been swirling about which villain, or villains, will be in Christopher Nolan's follow-up to the ubber successful "The Dark Knight" entitled, "Gotham." Riding right along with these rumors have, of course, been speculation on who will portray these bad guys, or girls.

Oddly enough, the most interesting of these has comedian Eddie Murphy putting on the green tights as The Riddler. As ridiculous as that my sound, the rumor just won't go away.

Now Murphy himself has come forward to try and squash the whole thing. Although he doesn't think that he would make a good Riddler, he does think that he could play another classic Batman foe.

Murphy explains, "I've heard that rumour as well and I don't know anything about it. Whoever is really playing The Riddler is sitting at home calling his agent going, 'We've got to get this rumour stopped.' I would love to be in one of those Batman movies. Jim Carrey did The Riddler once and he did a wonderful job. Egghead, I could be Egghead."

Murphy hasn't been the only one attached to the role. Johnny Depp has also been tagged to play The Riddler. Yet another name that has surfaced recently is none other than "Doctor Who" star David Tennant.

Along with the list of potential Riddlers is the list of potential Catwomen. That list, which is pretty long and seems to be always getting longer, includes Cher, Angelina Jolie, Rachel Weisz and Kate Beckinsale.

You have to remember that these are only rumors at this point. So far Nolan's camp hasn't released anything concrete on who or what is going to be in "Gotham."

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