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I’ve added new high quality candids photos of Christian Bale arriving at JFK Airport in New York City on July 16, 2012.

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• (x007) Candids in 2012: Arriving at JFK Airport – July 16

I’ve added new high quality event photos of Christian Bale and Sibi Blazic attend ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on July 16, 2012 in New York City. Check back for more photos additions.

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I’ve added new high quality filming photos of Christian Bale and Natalie Portman filming a scene for “Knight of Cups” movie on July 14, 2012.

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Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is now complete with The Dark Knight Rises, a mega-movie with a staggering $250-million budget. This is it, the end, the final time Christian Bale dons the batsuit and sweats under the cowl that so suffocated him on the first film. Never again…

But is it really the end?

“In terms of Chris,” Bale says in an exclusive one-on-one interview, “I think he’s made it pretty clear — which is unusual for Chris — that this would be the last one. And I’m really the wrong person to ask because it’s never been something that I’ve been involved with, talking about, shall we or shan’t we.”

But Bale leaves a window open, a glimmer of light suggesting he would play the character again if Nolan asked.

“I just want for Chris to tell me he’s got a story and I go read it and it’s: ‘Oh great, let’s go do it!’ If he comes up with a great story … I’m just the wrong guy to be asking about that. It’s all down to Chris. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve added new scans of Christian Bale did for “The Dark Knight Rises” on various magazine to the gallery.

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‘I don’t like big goodbyes so I was fairly quick about that,’ says Christian Bale, who plays Batman for the last time in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

LOS ANGELES—“This is time to say goodbye,” Christian Bale said as he sat down to talk with us one last time as the star of “The Dark Knight” film series.

“We could continue endlessly with this, but this is the right time,” he added. “Chris (Nolan) has written a wonderful final chapter.”

Christian walked into the Beverly Hilton meeting room in a good mood and, throughout the interview, he appeared enthused to look back on his Batman career.

But first he had to discuss “The Dark Knight Rises,” writer-director Nolan’s conclusion to the trilogy. Michael Caine (as Alfred), Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox) and Gary Oldman (Commissioner Gordon) are back and are joined by new cast members Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Marion Cotillard (Miranda Tate) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (John Blake).

Personality disorder

On how he kept it fresh, playing Bruce Wayne and Batman three times over the years, Christian said: “There’s an awful lot of surprises that are possible with Wayne’s character. He’s got multiple personality disorders, really. There’s that part of him that’s still the child who saw his parents murdered in front of him and he’s stayed at that point. He’s a very sad, lonely individual who is unable to move on with his life.”

Speaking in his low, quiet voice, Christian added: “Wayne has the public persona of the playboy and then he’s got the sincere character of Batman, who is the personification of his rage and his sense of injustice. He’s almost a villain. He takes it right to the edge when he can do great wrong but he has the altruism that holds him back from doing that. There are so many stories that can be written in this vein.”

But, as Christian said, it was time to move on.

The former child actor pointed out that he did not keep the Batsuit, but kept the cowl from each of the three movies.

Asked how he would react if he was walking in the middle of the night and encountered a man dressed like Batman, Christian grinned and replied: “That would be a nutcase, right? Hopefully, it’s Halloween and he’s had a little bit of drink—in which case, he’d be a lot of fun. But that was very much what I thought when I first played this character. I thought, when someone is dressed like that—he’s an idiot or you’ve really got to understand—he takes it very seriously. The point is that Wayne is not a healthy superhero. He’s somebody who practices altruism, like I said. He’s managed to turn his pain into something good. But he’s in great danger of the pain overcoming that good, although he takes this very seriously.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Christian Bale is happy that he got to become friends with Heath Ledger before he died.

The pair worked together on The Dark Knight in which Christian played Batman and Heath his arch nemesis The Joker and although the Australian star died in 2008 from an accidental “toxic combination of prescription drugs”, Christian is proud to have gotten to know him. 

Speaking on the Kyle & Jackie O Show on Australian radio station 2Day FM, he said: “Of course, I have absolutely wonderful memories [of Heath]. I’m very proud that I got to know him as a friend, and work with him, and he’s as much a part of this movie, The Dark Knight Rises, as he was The Dark Knight.

“He created such a wonderful portrayal, that will always be remembered, and I’m very proud to have been a part of that.”

Christian also ruled out a return to the superhero franchise now he has completed the third and final instalment in the Christopher Nolan-directed movie series. 

He said: “I believe Christopher Nolan when he says it (a reboot) won’t be from him, and therefore it will not be me. But I absolutely do believe there will be a reboot, and I’m very fascinated to see what incarnation that will take.”

Source: NDTV