Christian Bale has seemed very certain on moving himself away from comic book movies following Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises in 2012. There was a fan theory that he was playing Gotham’s Protector again in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but the actor has said that he’s not even been paying attention to the movie’s development. In fact, he hasn’t really seen any comic book movies other than his own.
“Oh, man, we did it and we were completely fulfilled by it,” he told Uproxx about The Dark Knight trilogy while promoting The Big Short. “We achieved everything we wanted to achieve with it. Chris [Nolan] only ever wanted to make three. We did that. I’m done. That’s it. In fact, let me tell you a secret: I’ve never seen a single other superhero film except for Christopher Reeve’s Superman when I was a kid.”
When asked if he had seen his own Batman movies, he replied, “Oh, no, I saw mine! I’m going to go see mine. I don’t watch them anymore. But my kids aren’t even interested. They don’t even want to see it. They’ve never seen them, and they don’t really care. And I love that. I love that.”
READ ALSO: Read our review of The Big Short here.
The Big Short is set for release on December 23rd in the States and January 22nd in the UK, with a cast that includes Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Finn Wittrock, Karen Gillan, Melissa Leo, Marisa Tomei, Max Greenfield and Selena Gomez.
Originally published January 4, 2016. Updated April 13, 2018.
