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Batmanuel meets Batman!

Nestor Carbonell joins the cast of “The Dark Knight”


I was actually just having this tête-à-tête with my wife recently – the question of ‘why Nestor Carbonell left TVs What About Brian?’

And you know what? I think the answer is right in front of me.

Not only is Carbonell now a seemingly permanent fixture on a show-that-isn’t-being-axed (“Lost”) as well as a member of the the upcoming series “Case” with Jimmy Smits, but he’s also scored a plum part in the rather illustrious “Dark Knight”. Seems he left the just-axed-series for good reason – the offers were starting to rain down like frogs in “Magnolia”!

Carbonell, who many remember for his role on the short-lived sitcom “The Tick” (Yep, he played Batmanuel!), will play the Mayor of Gotham City. Bound to get a couple of scenes with the guy in the Cape.

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