Batman Begins | Behind-The-Scenes Taken from an interview, Christian Bale gave MTV in 2005: “This, to me, is the first Batman movie,” said Christian Bale, the then 31-year-old star. “We are approaching it from a far more human viewpoint, a much darker aspect to Batman. This is somebody who is capable of deep and dark things, whose energy stems from a great personal grief and pain” “The inspiration for this movie comes from the graphic novels; it’s not from the TV series, which was wonderful but

Batman Begins | Behind-The-Scenes Bale only had six months in between “The Machinist” and the start of production on Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins” to bulk up for his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman. The actor ended up putting on 100 pounds. “I would do splits, every day focusing on a different muscle group,” Bale told Train Magazine. “I would do three sets of 10 to eight, depending on what I was working on.” “I stuffed myself after The Machinist. My first screen test for Batman Begins was a mon