Christian Bale Was Never Asked To Be In Batman V Superman

By all accounts, Christian Bale was pretty much ready to hang up the cape and cowl after The Dark Knight Rises, the third movie in Christopher Nolan’s Batman film trilogy. Even if Christian Bale did have a bit of unexpected initial jealousy when Ben Affleck was announced for the new Batman V. Superman film, he was done being Batman. But surely, the studio would’ve preferred to go with a known quantity and an actor people knew as Batman for the last decade, so they at least asked if Christian Bale was interested, right?

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Christian Bale responded to that when he was asked if he was approached to play James Bond before Daniel Craig took on the role:

"No. I’ve never heard of that. Equally untrue about them coming to me for Batman, before Ben Affleck…I think it’s the right decision. People were talking about this obscene amount of money they were saying was thrown at me. No. I didn’t have a single conversation with anybody about ever playing the role again."

Bale also stated that he was unlikely to ever play Batman again even if he was asked:

"I think, probably with that, it’s never. Because I can’t help but feel it would just be a spoof on it. You know what I mean?"

I do see where Bale is coming from, but I do think with the right person managing Batman, he probably could’ve done at least a few more films as the Dark Knight (much like Hugh Jackman has done Wolverine for so long). Hopefully, Affleck will put his own definitive stamp on Batman and give a memorable performance that rivals if not exceeds Bale’s portrayal. I believe he’s up to the task.

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