Wed, 25 June 2008 at 3:27 pm

Christian Bale is on Parade — Batman is Back!

Christian Bale talks parenting, privacy and “kindred spirit” Heath Ledger in the new issue of Parade. Here are some great excerpts:

Your co-star Heath Ledger, who plays The Joker, died tragically after the film wrapped. Do you mind talking about him? No, listen, I want to talk about Heath.
When you miss somebody, you want to speak about him. He was a unique character, a very infectious character. He was a good man, and I was glad to have spent time with him. He
was somebody who I’d been seeing on a daily basis for months. It takes a long time to accept that someone’s gone, when all body and mind are telling you that this is somebody you will know for a great deal of time. He was something of a kindred spirit to myself.

It must be difficult. Much of it has to do with my respect for his daughter, whom he loved so dearly and whom he would talk about so often. For me, that is of incredible importance. I hope in a small way that The Dark Knight can be a celebration of his work. Not like the hideous circus after he died, which I felt was an invasion of a private life. This movie is not a personal home video. This is what he did. I hope people will embrace that in the correct fashion.

Tell me about agreeing to do the next Terminator. I’ve always had two varying degrees of success, and I’m not talking about anything to do with box office. I’m talking about my own parameters. You know, an interest in attempting in a wide variety of stories. I never desired to be a big studio movie actor, action actor. I’ve never desired to be a serious independent movie actor. I enjoy all of those. It depends on what mood I’m in. And therefore, I will try to bend those stories into becoming something that I can enjoy myself, varying degrees of success with that. We have an opportunity with it for a continuation, but also a reinvention, and I have to say, much the same way in my mind as we have with Batman. And beyond that I won’t say anymore because we’re just starting. (Editor’s Translation: “No, I can’t talk about it.”)

For the full interview and web-exclusive photos, visit Parade.com.

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# 26

chris @ 06/30/2008 at 7:37 pm

Ledger’s Joker, according to pre-reviews is one of the greatest movie performances of all time. He really MUST get an Oscar for this. The Oscar that he should have gotten for Brokeback.

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Limp Bizzie @ 07/01/2008 at 6:32 am

Bruce Lee Top5! Movies!

1.The Man, The Myth
2. Fist of Fury
3. Game of Death
4. Way of Dragon
5. Warriors Journey

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I @ 07/02/2008 at 8:31 am

Arthur Stewart (Christian Bale) shows another side of the Rock ‘n’ Roll experience in Velvet Goldmine. His insights and observations reveal a character intent on watching activities to explore self satisfaction and mysteries. His defence of Brian Slade’s homosexuality is a Prime example.
His collection of posters, records and the touring with the bands expresses he is deeply into many aspects of the culture. This culture not of mirage but bold solutions and bright human illustrations. The way we see Arthur is as if he is behind the camera and the camera art itself, himself as a type of silent player or partner. As if it is a mask to fondle and this art to eventually wear facially as he does metaphysically.
Just his two eyes are reflected back as he watches the Slade feature. His blushing cheeks prior to the blood his parents put on him and his make up which he also likes to observe on other people. As he flicks through pages of Glam Rock articles.
You then start to wonder if Brian Slade is really nice enough for Arthur to be into, after Slade’s flamboyant TV appearance at the Maxwell Demon conference. And you begin to hope for a more suited idol which later is in the form of Curt Wild. Or it could be because Wild’s differences are the true mesh of the times. Also Arthur does not ever exist to you aside from Slade’s influence which could mean an apparent overload occuring though difficult to pinpoint as it is seen as Arthur’s actions not his rejection of ideas but attempts to reject his natural environment of heterosexuality from his own parents for Slade world seems extravagant.

(** Got bored writing it, stopped. Could mean there is no conclusion)

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Crystal Body @ 07/07/2008 at 10:59 am

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