Batman actor Christian Bale doesn’t rate his performance in the Dark Knight trilogy

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It takes a courageous actor to overtly criticise their very own performance years later – particularly with no purpose to take action – however that is precisely one thing Christian Bale has executed.

The Hollywood star, who’s celebrating his fiftieth birthday at present (30 January), has mirrored on his time enjoying Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy many occasions over the previous decade, however not at all times positively.

Bale led the movies, beginning with Batman Begins in 2005. The Dark Knight, memorably starring Heath Ledger as the Joker, adopted in 2008, with trilogy nearer The Dark Knight Rises arriving in 2012.

While Bale is complimentary of the movies themselves, it’s his portrayal of DC superhero Batman that he as soon as admitted to not being the largest fan of.

Speaking to Yahoo! Movies in 2016, Bale mentioned: “I didn’t quite manage what I hoped I would throughout the trilogy. Chris [Nolan] did, but my own sense of self is like, ‘I didn’t quite nail it,’” he mentioned.

Specifically referring to 2008’s sequel The Dark Knight, Bale mentioned: “Heath turned up, and just kind of completely ruined all my plans. Because I went, ‘He’s so much more interesting than me and what I’m doing.’”

Still, at least Bale can rest easy knowing he did a better job than George Clooney. Just last year, the actor, who played Batman in Joel Schumacher’s infamous Batman & Robin (1997), said there are not “enough drugs in the world” for him to sort out the position once more.

The actor-director made the remark regardless of briefly reprising the position for a cameo in DC flop The Flash.

In 2020, Clooney admitted that his disastrous experience with Batman & Robin had taught him to “pick better films”.

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Speaking to The Guardian, Clooney was asked what he would do differently if he could live his life again.

“Now, the obvious answer to your question would be to joke, Batman & Robin,” he mentioned. “And I wouldn’t do it at all.” Adding that the film was an vital lesson, he mentioned: “I learned that if you’re gonna be held responsible for a film, instead of just being an actor in that film, you’d better pick better films.”