Donal Logue Offered Harvey Bullock, Not Jim Gordon, On Fox’s ‘Gotham’
By Angie Han/Jan. 17, 2014 1:15 pm EST
Well, now the word is that Logue was indeed telling the truth. He hasn’t been cast as Gordon in Gotham at all — because he’s been offered the part of Detective Harvey Bullock, according to a new report. Get the latest update on this show after the jump.
At the time that the Commissioner Gordon rumor first hit, Logue tweeted that the story was “not true! I wish-would be awesome (but who could top Gary Oldman?) From what I heard, Gotham catches Gordon in his late 20’s.” It now looks like he was playing coy by pretending to know less about the show than he did, but that his denial was the absolute truth.
In the comics, Bullock exists in a moral gray area. The character started out as a crooked cop but sometimes crosses over to become a genuinely good cop. His relationship with Gordon is similarly complicated. Sometimes he makes active efforts to sabotage Gordon’s career, while at other times he’s one of Gordon’s most trusted colleagues.
