Christian Bale HATES Acting? 'Batman' Star Reveals True Feelings on Playing the Lead Role
Actor Christian Bale opens up on his real feelings about acting and mentions how he got forced into it.
Christian Bale rose to prominence for his role as Batman in the 2005 film, "Batman Begins". He, later on, reprised his role in the sequels "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises", in 2008 and 2012 respectively.
Bale is set to produce and star in the period mystery comedy film by David O. Russell titled "Amsterdam". The veteran actor will star alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, and Taylor Swift.
Bale's True Feelings on Acting
In a recent cover story interview with GQ, the "Thor: Love and Thunder" promoted his latest project, "Amsterdam", and opened up on his true feelings as a veteran actor. When asked if Bale had any fears about his role as Batman being his final role, the actor expressed that he would have been more than happy to have ended it.
"I loved that because I was like, 'This could be it. I could never be anything but that.' And for a lot of people, I won't," Bale said. "I was like, 'Ah, maybe I'm going to be forced to go do something different.' And maybe this fucking thing [acting] that I got forced into doing as a kid that I didn't fucking want to do in the first place, I'm out. And I'm free. And then it didn't happen."
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Christian Bale 'Bored' of Playing the Lead Role?
Bale has starred as the leading man in multiple films like "Batman Begins", "Empire of the Sun", "American Psycho", and more. Despite his multiple experiences playing the lead role, the 48-year-old actor expressed that he never wanted to take the lead in any film.
"I've never considered myself a leading man. It's just boring. You don't get the good parts. Even if I play a lead, I pretend I'm playing like, you know, the fourth, fifth character down, because you get more freedom." Bale expressed to GQ. "I also don't really think about the overall effect that [a character's] going to have. It's for me to play around, much like animals and children do. Have tunnel vision about what you're doing, not think about the effect you're having."
"Amsterdam" had its world premiere on September 18th at the Alice Tully Hall in New York City. The film is set to be released nationwide on October 7, 2022.
