While promoting Out of the Furnace, which also features Casey Affleck, Christian Bale was asked about his co-star’s older brother taking on the role of Batman by Access Hollywood.
As seen in the below interview clip, Bale talked candidly about the fluidity of passing the mantle of the Bat on from one actor to the next. Still, he also had one specific piece of advice that he admits he already shared with Ben Affleck.
“I wish him all the best. He's a very experienced actor and filmmaker and he'll make it his own. Our thing's finished, we've always declared it was finished and it should be passed on to another actor and it will be again after him… The only thing I said to him is just make sure he can take a piss without anyone having to help him. Because it's a little bit humiliating, at least what I went through, when you have to have someone help you out of the costume. That was my main piece of advice for him.”
Holy urinals, Batman that sounds taxing! Depending on the look of the suit, we will likely soon have an answer.
However, the video also contains a more reflective and sweet note as Bale talks about Make-A-Wish’s San Francisco Batkid celebration:
“I just think it's great. It's a great day for the little guy. I just think Make-A-Wish and San Francisco did such an amazing thing to organize that. You just think of the delight in that little fella's heart, running around doing that. Then also as someone who has played Batman, it's great to see that the symbol of Batman is so much bigger than any one person, than any film, than any comic book, any TV series, that's really what it's all about. It's irrelevant which actor is playing it, we're irrelevant in that sense. But for little Miles to have such a great day is just delightful.”
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