Christian Bale: ‘Batman Is A Very Sad, Lonely Individual’

He may be one of the world’s most kickass superheroes to us fans but the man behind Batman has branded the Dark Knight as “unhealthy” and “sad!”

Christian Bale, who reprises his role as the caped crusader in upcoming movie ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ has been revealing his thoughts on Batman. The actor has been speaking to the Daily Telegraph about the troubled superhero, saying:

”He’s filled with remorse, he’s become a recluse, he’s given up and completely quit.”

Christian doesn’t hold back, going onto speak about the superhero’s mental health!

”He’s in very poor health physically and mentally. He is not a healthy superhero. He has multiple-personality disorder and is a very sad, lonely individual.”

Christian also admitted he thinks his character could be a ”villain” because of his rage: ‘He has  ”He’s almost a villain and takes it to the edge, where he can do no wrong, but he has this altruism holding him back from doing that. ‘The reason he dresses in the Batman suit is that he feels monstrous, so he creates a monster to represent that rage and keep it away from his own personal life.”

Wow! And here was us thinking he was just a tough guy with a nice car…

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