He played the Caped Crusader in Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy and Christian Bale grew to love his gig as Batman/Bruce Wayne.
The “American Psycho” star told Empire magazine that when he heard that Ben Affleck had been cast in the role for “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” he felt a hint of envy.
Bale explained, "I've got to admit initially, even though I felt that it was the right time to stop, there was always a bit of me going, 'Oh go on… Let’s do another.’”
"So when I heard there was someone else doing it, there was a moment where I just stopped and stared into nothing for half an hour."
Thankfully, Christian eventually reached a place of peace over the whole thing- "But I'm 40. The fact that I’m jealous of someone else playing Batman… I think I should have gotten over it by now. I wish Ben all the best. He's a very experienced actor and filmmaker and he'll make it his own… It should be passed onto another actor and it will be again after him."
