Christian Bale Reiterates Him and Batman Are Done Professionally

Christian Bale will never hear the end of the Justice League questions. Until he accepts those truckloads of cash or another actor is cast. That didn't stop him from having to reiterate his Batman tenure is over, a year after doing nothing but that during The Dark Knight Rises press tour:

"'We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three [Batman films]. That's enough. Let’s not get greedy,” says Bale, who called EW to promote his upcoming revenge drama Out of the Furnace (in theaters Nov. 27). 'Chris [Nolan] always said he wanted to make it one film at a time. And we ended up sitting there looking at each other, saying 'We're about to make the third.' We never really knew if we were going to get to be there, but if that was how it was going to be, this was where it should end as well.'

The actor says he hasn’t even been involved in official talks about a Justice League movie. 'I have no information, no knowledge about anything. I've literally not had a conversation with a living soul. I understand that they may be making a Justice League movie, that’s it.’ But he says he’s not sad to pass Batman’s cowl into new hands: 'It’s a torch that should be handed from one actor to another. So I enjoy looking forward to what somebody else will come up with.'"

Those rumors earlier this year aside, there has been no wavering. Bale and Christopher Nolan said they were done. Bale saying he was never "officially" in talks, I buy. There shouldn't be any doubt discussions were had, ideas spit-balled and Chinese was order during late night brainstorm sessions at Burbank.

If they're smart, they'll make a play for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. They can have their cake and eat it too. Leave the Bruce Wayne alone but still get to play in the Nolanverse sandbox, especially since Man of Steel was clearly set in the Nolanverse too. Don't let Zack Snyder, David Goyer or Nolan tell you otherwise.

Source: Entertainment Weekly