Josh Pence, who served as the body double for Armie Hammer's duel role in THE SOCIAL NETWORK, will play a young Ra's Al Ghul in DARK KNIGHT RISES, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Pence joins Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard.

Liam Neeson played the character in BATMAN BEGINS and rumors have Cotillard playing Al Ghul's daughter Talia.

Christopher Nolan is directing the film, the final in his Batman trilogy.