Tom Hardy has been taking brief breaks from the set of Christopher Nolan’s latest Batman project, The Dark Knight Rises, as he continues on the European publicity circuit for another film, Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior co-starring Joel Edgarton.

A short (very short) clip has surfaced of Tom talking about how Nolan likes to play everything close to the vest and only reveals as much, even to his actors, as he needs on any given day (that would drive me bonkers!).

“I know less about the project that I’m filming with that man because Chris Nolan doesn’t tell you anything, so I don’t know who I’m playing, or what I’m doing, until the morning that I’m working,” Hardy told Allocine partly joking. “Everything is subject to change with Chris Nolan, but on the whole, yeah, I know which information is true and false.”

The plot is pure speculation for anyone but the most inside of insiders (which is driving Batman geeks bonkers.) It is believed that Batman (Christian Bale) will be fighting the mysterious League of Shadows; the army of assassins led by Ra’s al Ghul (played by Liam Neeson in Batman Begins), this time led by his daughter Talia al Ghul (Marion Cotillard) and her henchman, Bane (Hardy).

The rest of the cast includes Ann Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (marking a reunion of three of Nolan’s players fromInception), Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Juno Temple, Matthew Modine, Brett Cullen, Tom Conti, Nestor Carbonell….PHEW!

Another summer of Batman begins on 20 July 2012 when The Dark Knight Rises will open in the US, Canada and the UK.