Christian Bale has revealed that Warner Bros. originally pitched a fourth Batman film to succeed Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, though he ultimately decided to hang up his cape.
In a recent interview with the Toronto Sun, Bale reflected on his time as Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy, as he explained the reason why he turned down the studio's offer of a fourth film, saying he refused the part out of respect for Nolan.
"We were never arrogant to assume that we had an opportunity beyond one film at a time," Bale told the outlet. "That's something that Chris always would talk about. He'd say, 'This is it. We're making one film. That's all we've got. Then when they came and said, 'You want to go make another?' It was fantastic, but we still said, 'This is it. We will not get another opportunity.'"
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In a recent interview with the Toronto Sun, Bale reflected on his time as Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy, as he explained the reason why he turned down the studio's offer of a fourth film, saying he refused the part out of respect for Nolan.
"We were never arrogant to assume that we had an opportunity beyond one film at a time," Bale told the outlet. "That's something that Chris always would talk about. He'd say, 'This is it. We're making one film. That's all we've got. Then when they came and said, 'You want to go make another?' It was fantastic, but we still said, 'This is it. We will not get another opportunity.'"
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