Yeah, very early on he started talking about the source materials.
He went through a bunch of trades, which was really something that helped win me over.
Initially, I was too hung up on his slight physical appearance.
Batman's Bale Knows His Comics - From Scifi.com
Christian Bale, who stars in the upcoming Batman Begins movie, revealed a deep knowledge of the movie's source comic books to SCI FI Wire and said they informed his performance of the Caped Crusader. "I liked the artwork of Alex Ross, but my favorites were the Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale stories," Bale said in an interview.
Known for diving into all of his roles and researching everything about them, Bale said that he inundated himself with everything he could about Batman. He felt the images of Ross' artwork best fit the version of Batman he wanted to portray, and he most liked the mood and feel of Loeb and Sale's Dark Victory in 2000, The Long Halloween in 1997 and Haunted Knight in 1995. He admitted he was never into the comic-book craze as a child, but he has since read them all. "I've read a damn lot of them, all that DC sent me," Bale said.
Bale also looked back at the previous Batman movies, as well as the campy 1960s TV show with Adam West, and determined that none of them actually captured the true Batman.
"I don't feel like Batman's ever really been defined in any portrayal, so I felt like this was an opportunity to finally do that, in regards to way that Bob Kane originally intended it when he wrote it in 1939," Bale said. "He intended it as being a dark and terrifying and intimidating character. It's kind of ended up being spoofed more. And then there's great material in the newer graphic novels of Frank Miller and Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. So the source material is right there, and I just don't think it was ever taken advantage of until now."
Bale said that he's signed on to do another Batman film, but isn't arrogant enough to assume he's defined the role. But he said he gave it a try. "With Superman, you can really look at Christopher Reeve and the way that he played it, and he's become the defining Superman. Whoever's playing him in the next one has got a really tough job to come up against him. I don't feel like that ever happened with Batman before, so I felt like I had an opportunity to expand and bring something new to it."
Bale plays Batman/ Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins, which also stars Katie Holmes, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy and Morgan Freeman. Memento director Christopher Nolan helmed the film, which opens June 15.
Yeah, very early on he started talking about the source materials.
He went through a bunch of trades, which was really something that helped win me over.
Initially, I was too hung up on his slight physical appearance.
I cannot wait for this movie.
psyched!
he's kidding himself if he doesnt use adam west as an inspiration
Me too!!! It'll be nice to see the franchise be respectable again.Originally Posted by Brian Defferding
This movie will suck.
I wanted David Boreanaz...
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Who'd have guessed?This movie will suck.
I wanted David Boreanaz...
Sexually?This movie will suck.
I wanted David Boreanaz...
Dougal: Can I stay up tonight to watch the scary film?
Ted: Ah, no no no. The last time you stayed up to watch a scary film you ended up having to sleep in my bed. I wouldn't mind, but it wasn't even a scary film.
Dougal: Come on, Ted. A Volkswagen with a mind of its own. If that isn't scary, I don't know what is.
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