The Metro UK recently sat down with Maggie Gyllenhaal for one of their famous Sixty Second interviews. During the chat, she spilled a little bit about her upcoming The Dark Knight character Rachel Dawes.

When they asked if her character was a "damsel in distress", Gyllenhaal replied by saying:

There are moments of that. Chris Nolan, the director, would joke about how I had to resign myself to being a little bit of a damsel in distress but he pushed me in other ways to make her a powerful character. I play a lawyer and have real relationships with the people I'm interacting with in the movie. She's very smart and a real rounded person. Of course, if you're the girl in Batman, you're going to be a damsel in distress to some extent but she's a really great character. So many people I play are a mess; Rachel's really clear about what's important to her and unwilling to compromise her morals, which made a nice change.

The Dark Knight opens July 18th, 2008.