It’s likely that The Dark Knight Rises will be Christian Bale’s last film as Batman. But it’s not definite…
There are a couple of assumptions circling the soon-to-shoot Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. One is that Christopher Nolan will tie up his Batman trilogy, and leave the franchise once it's done. And the other is that this will also be the final movie for Christian Bale as Batman, too.
We were curious, then, when we awoke today to a couple of stories suggesting that Christian Bale's Batman days weren't likely to be done by the summer of 2012. But, as it turns out, the actor is taking a pragmatic approach, and tying his future in the franchise to Nolan's.
Talking to Empire, Bale said, "All I know is the likelihood that this will be the last one ... Well, I wouldn't say definitely. If Chris goes, 'Hey, I've got another story I think could be interesting,' then yeah, great, I'd go do that. I always assumed it would be three, but I could be wrong. I don't know if there's something wrong with me, but I don't feel any pressure."
We think that's the position pretty much everyone assumed. And Nolan, to be fair, hasn't outright confirmed that this is his last Batman movie. Yet, once The Dark Knight Rises is released, we'd be genuinely amazed to see either of them around Gotham City again.
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