There have been many faces behind the mask of Batman. However, the best one will always be hard to choose. However, reportedly, Christian Bale was on the priority list to play the role of Batman in DC’s latest film, The Flash. Although, fans couldn’t get a chance to witness Bale in his cape and cowl, as he had some different plans.
Bale had strict preferences that, he would consider the idea of suiting Batman again only if Christopher Nolan took charge of the director’s seat. However, things turned otherwise, and this could never come to fruition as the role of Batman in Flash fell to Ben Affleck. Yet fans have their own theories about this whole situation.
Christian Bale missed out on Batman’s performance in The Flash
Renowned for portraying the role of Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy, Christian Bale was apparently offered by Warner Bros. to appear in a cameo role in The Flash. However, the actor denied any such rumors and clarified that to get him back in the suit, Christopher Nolan must direct the film.
Bale always had the willingness to reunite with Nolan after years of wrapping up the film, but it never happened, as the actor explained that he was never approached by either Nolan or anyone else for the role. Bale clarified by saying,
“Nobody, nobody reaches out to me, or they keep me like a mushroom, keep me in the dark and feed me sh*t.”
The actor further explained that the only way to convince him for the role is by bringing Nolan to direct it. He said,
“For me, that would be a matter of Chris Nolan, if he ever decided to do it again, and if he chose to come my way again, then yeah, I would consider it because that was always our pact between each other is we would just stick to it. We said we would only ever make three. And then I said to myself, and I’d only ever make it with Chris.”
Bale appeared as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises. Looking at the craze for the Batman franchise among the fans, Warner Bros. decided to go for the fourth installment of the film and wanted to cast Bale as the lead protagonist.
However, Bale, who had already decided to go with the pact made by Nolan, turned down the offer, as Nolan never wanted an expansion to the Batman trilogy.
Fans’ theory for Christian Bale’s reprised version of Batman
After witnessing Christian Bale as Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy, fans highly approved of him as Batman. However, after wrapping up the Drak Knight trilogy, the actor never appeared as Batman.
When the news about his appearance in a cameo role in The Flash broke, fans wholeheartedly celebrated it. Though Bale didn’t make it to The Flash, the love of fans for his character is indeed overwhelming. Check out the tweets below:
After Bale, many actors played the iconic role of Batman. Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, and Robert Pattinson are a few names among the actors who brought the fictional character Batman to life.
Source: Twitter
