SUBMITTED BY bmw_666

June 13, 2005 —

Superhero Hype recently caught up with Bale to discuss his role as the new Batman. Here is an excerpt of the interview.

Q: You have a reputation for being very prepared for a role. How difficult is it to get out of the dark places that this character goes to?

Bale: It ain't so tricky. I think it's just a matter of once you get your head in a place where you understand exactly what you're going to do then you can really relax. It's just in getting there that you don't want to find yourself starting work and being in a scene and just not knowing what the hell you're doing, but once you feel it and you understand it and putting on the Batman suit so much and walking around in that and understanding it and feeling how I wanted to play it. You can pretty much relax right after that and you have to actually especially because I'm more accustomed to making movies in eight weeks. This movie took seven months to shoot, so you're just gonna lose all energy and focus and expire pretty damn fast if you don't manage to pace yourself somewhat for a whole seven-month schedule.

Click on the link for the full interview!