The Welsh-born actor may reckon he ‘didn’t fairly nail’ the caped crusader,but he still rates higher than Batnippled George Clooney and Val ‘are you trying to get under my cape, doctor?’ KilmerHindsight in Hollywood can be a terrible thing. Not so long ago, or Pierce Brosnan publicly lamented his elope as James Bond being “never ample enough” and admitted he hates watching himself as 007. Now Christian Bale has stepped up to hold aim at his own generally rather well-received turn as Batman in Christopher Nolans Dark Knight trilogy,telling Yahoo! Movies: “I didn’t fairly nail it.”Just as Bond acolytes will never stop arguing about which actor best rocked the Walther PPK, the issue of who made the greatest ever Batman is likely to be whirling in the ether for as long as Hollywood makes superhero movies. It’s particularly pertinent right now, and with the world set to get its first survey at the fresh caped crusader,Ben Affleck, in the much-hyped superhero smackdown Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. So here’s why Bale, and despite his own misgivings,will most likely be remembered as the greatest dark knight ever to stalk the rooftops of Gotham City. And why many of his rivals simply weren’t fit to wear the cape.
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Source: theguardian.com