Watch: Christian Bale Talks Batman & Heath Ledger’s Joker

Watch: Christian Bale Talks Batman & Heath Ledger’s Joker

Yesterday saw Christian Bale back up Morgan Freeman’s sentiments that Batman Vs. Superman will not be able to beat The Dark Knight Trilogy, and now Yahoo caught up with Bale to talk about Batman in which Bale offered he wish he had been able to do more with the character.

“I didn’t quite manage what I hoped I would throughout the trilogy,” Bale said, noting Batman had a monstrous side. “Chris did, but my own sense of self is like, ‘I didn’t quite nail it.’”

Bale continued with mention that when Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker, it overshadowed everything, and rightfully so.

“Heath turned up, and just kind of completely ruined all my plans,” Bale said. ‘Because I went, ‘He’s so much more interesting than me and what I’m doing.’“

Bale also offered he was done with Batman. Check out the video:

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