Who would dare to call Christian Bale, the man who played Batman and infamous “American Psycho” Patrick Bateman, a “terrible disappointment?”
PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 07: Christian Bale attends Together California’s Foster Care Center Ground Breaking event on February 07, 2024 in Palmdale, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)
Turns out, it was Bale himself.
Bale was speaking with Entertainment Tonight at the premiere of “The Bride!” and when asked if he’s ever “not played it cool” when meeting other famous people, he replied that he’s “never cool.”
“I don’t want to meet people that I see in films, I don’t want to meet my heroes,” he explained.
He also admitted he thinks he’s a bit of a let-down for fans when they do meet him.
“I see it in people’s eyes when they’ve watched my movies and loved them and then they meet me and I see their eyes, that terrible disappointment about who I really am. And it’s true. What a disappointment,” he told the outlet.
He further advised, “That’s me at my best in the movie. Never meet me.”
LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 26: Christian Bale attends “The Bride!” World Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on February 26, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Bale also reiterated, “I never want to meet my heroes either because they’re heroic in what they do. But you know, give them a break, nobody can be a hero all the time.”
That’s understandable, but we still kinda want to meet Batman!
But Bale isn’t playing Batman at the moment. Instead, he’s playing Frankenstein’s Monster in “The Bride!” which required enduring hours of heavy-duty makeup application that made him want to scream, literally.
Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale and director Maggie Gyllenhaal on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures THE BRIDE! (Courtesy Warner Bros./Niko Tavernise)
“I would scream like crazy, every day,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “Just to [release the] despair, all of that restraint that you have to display when you’re sitting still for that long.”
Bale also invited the hair and makeup team to join along in the scream sessions with him, which he said was a “great bonding experience.”
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