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Lady of the knight

Maggie Gyllenhaal thought long and hard before taking a role in the new Batman film. Will Lawrence hears how a brush with big budget Hollywood fits into the plans of an actor who has always played the fame game her own way

THE final scene in Secretary, 2002's sizzling S&M comedy, sees Maggie Gyllenhaal wave her on'screen husband, James Spader, off to work.