Before Ben Affleck joined in the majesty of DC super films, The Dark Knight trilogy defined the genre of comic book films. How the tides have turned. Still, despite The Dark Knight's intensity and unique flow, Christian Bale hesitates in his remembrance of days under the black cloak.

“Mixed emotions about it,” Bale told ​Variety. “I’m always eternally grateful to Chris [Nolan]. For instance, Rescue Dawn, Werner [Herzog] and I had been trying to put that together for a few years... No one was interested. Why? Me. Suddenly everyone said, ‘Yeah, alright. We’ll go with him.’ It did change everything. It was the first time I had done a film of that magnitude. That was a real learning curve for me. I wrestled with it for a long time. I still do on occasions. But I’m just learning, hey, accept the good things.”





Chris Nolan has stated in the past he preferred for these movies to be within a long time frame in order for the creatives involved to work with a fresh mind filled with ideas and perspectives; what Bale states might just be a result of Nolan's creative process.





Regardless, Bale had successfully performed in one of the most successful trilogies of all time, comic-based or otherwise. His mixed feeling seems to come from a place of being outside his comfort zone, which, as we all know, is the only way we can grow.