Synopsis: Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean Craddock (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart.

Synopsis: After serving a three-year prison sentence, a young woman quickly discovers that coming back to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she had planned.

Movies.Iegot a chance to talk to Maggie Gyllenhaal over the weekend about the film, which has already toppled all box-office expectations. Here, the actress chats about her character Rachel Dawes – the love-torn interest of both Batman (Christian Bale) and Gotham’s ambitious District Attorney Harvey Dent – and how she feels about taking over for Katie Holmes in ‘The Dark Knight’.

Here Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about the making of Batman, reading the script, replacing Katie Holmes, Heath Ledger’s untimely death, her family including Jake Gyllenhaal and more…

He’s astonishing in ‘The Dark Knight.’ He’s mind-blowing. I’ve rarely seen anything like it, anything so free. Being around him, acting with him, was so much fun; when someone is that free, it rubs off on everyone. He [was] so different than the Joker — he [was] so gentle and open-hearted and kind — that the transformation is even more incredible.

- Maggie Gyllenhaal -