Christian Bale Says People Laughed When He Was Cast To Play 'Serious' Batman
It feels like forever ago now, but Christian Bale was the new Batman once upon a time. After being cast to play the DC icon in Batman Begins back in the 2000s, Bale reflected on when he told people about what the upcoming movie involving the caped crusader would be like.
While Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is now regarded as one of the best superhero adaptations put to screen, it appears not everyone felt such a grounded take on the character would work. According to Bale himself, when he told people what they had planned to do with Batman, he was met with laughs.
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In an interview with The Washington Post, Bale, who stars as Gorr in the new Marvel Studios movie Thor: Love and Thunder, said that people laughed at him when he told them that the Batman movie he was going to be in was going to take the character seriously at the time. “I would [tell people] we’re going to sort of do Batman, but take him seriously. I had tons of people laugh at me and just say, ‘well that’s just not going to work at all,’” Bale said. Looking back, Bale definitely appreciates that not only were the naysayers wrong in this case but that the Batman trilogy he participated in aided in how the Marvel Cinematic Universe came to be. “So, it’s wonderful to be a part of a trilogy that proved those people wrong. I’m not certain if it kick-started [the MCU] but it certainly helped along the way.”
The naysayers were proven wrong since Batman Begins was met with unanimously positive reviews, and the Nolan trilogy played a huge part in how superhero movies have become as popular as they are. However, it also goes to show how much different the public's perception of superhero
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