'Dark Knight': Q&A with Christian Bale
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Christian Bale’s back as Bruce Wayne and his alter ego Batman in the summer blockbuster, The Dark Knight. Hollywood.com caught up with the star to find out what it was like returning to the role.
Hollywood.com: So, how was it literally stepping back into the Batsuit?
Christian Bale: Literally stepping back into it was much more comfortable than the first time. It’s a much more advanced suit than the original one…At first I was fighting against the suit to do all of the fight sequences, this one was actually compatible with the Keysi fighting method. I could move my head. It was heavier than the original, but just so much more motion. I could breathe properly inside of it, it didn’t squeeze my head like a vice throughout. So I had to act the rage and anger this time around.
HW: Then the other side of it, not so literally, how was it returning to the character?
CB: Very easy, you know it’s the first time that I’ve done that, third time I’ve worked with Chris Nolan and the crew and cast members so we know each other well. Chris was not just treading water, you know he was not going to make the movie unless it was going to be better than the first one and given more to do for each of the characters. Really, far less pressure than I felt with the first one.