I’ve been thrilled about the casting of Christian Bale for the new Batman ever since the day his selection was announced (don’t believe me? see this post from over a year ago). Everything I’ve seen since has only fuled this excitment I have about the film. Bale is perfect for the dark knight. He has rugged-squarejawed good looks, a great build, a dark and bruding presence, but most importantly the guy is a killer actor. I came across this interview he recently did with Sci-Fi Wire and I thought I’d point you guys to it. It’s pretty interesting stuff. Here’s an excerpt:
As for the newly designed suit, Bale said that it helped him get a feel for the caped crusader, whom he characterizes as “a creature” that is not quite human. “I felt like a panther the first day, you know?” Bale said, referring to the first shooting day he strode onstage in full Batman regalia. “I did feel like some kind of wild animal. I don’t know if anybody else was looking at me like that way [laughs]. I don’t know if I appeared quite as ferocious as I felt that I did. But I really felt like everybody was kind of looking at me [mimes backing away in fear], you know, jumpy. And … it makes you feel, you know, like that, you want to kind of run and jump at people and beat the crap out of them.
I love it. This may be the film I am most looking forward to now… unless they announce “The Hobbit” anytime soon.
