Christian Bale's Kids Made Sure He Was Cast In Thor: Love and Thunder

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Christian Bale reveals that his kids made sure he joined Thor: Love and Thunder. Chris Hemsworth and director Taika Waititi reunite in the MCU five years after the success of their first collaboration in Thor: Ragnarok. In Thor: Love and Thunder, the Asgardian Prince moves forward from the events of the Infinity Saga and goes on a healing journey.

Unfortunately for the Avenger, living a quieter, more peaceful life won't last too long with the threat of Gorr the God Butcher looming. Bale's villain specifically targets gods after he suffers a personal tragedy he blames them for. Marvel Studios has been careful with revealing any specific detail about Thor: Love and Thunder's main villain, but the fact that he is played by Bale is more than enough to excite fans, knowing the actor's dedication to his craft and acting prowess. That being said, there was apparently a time when he almost turned down joining the MCU due to a scheduling conflict.

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Speaking exclusively with Screen Rant while doing press forThor: Love and Thunder, Bale talks about how he got involved in the MCU movie in the place. The actor reveals he was interested primarily because of the people he would be working with, and Waititi's pitch was really solid. However, there was a time that he almost passed it up due to a potential scheduling conflict, but his kids made sure that he took the MCU role. Read Bale's whole story below:

For me, it was Taika. I loved Thor Ragnarok, as did my family. We also all loved Jojo Rabbit, and then I had worked with Natalie and wanted to work with Tessa and with Chris. It comes down to that, really. I just went, «Great!» Loved the script, loved Taika's description