‘The Dark Knight’ Talks ‘Salvation’
‘The Dark Knight’ star Christian Bale has truly become one of Hollywood’s biggest actors. After his grand duel with the Joker (Heath Ledger) has ended, and audiences have watched the film over and over. Bale will be busy in New Mexico fighting off robots. And bringing us next years big blockbuster ‘Terminator Salvation’. Comingsoon.net caught up with him for this short interview.
CS: What attracted you to another big franchise like “Terminator?”
Christian Bale: Well, initially, actually, that was NOT an attraction. I felt that I wasn’t sure where it could go to. Before I gave an answer, I went back and reviewed the other movies. I felt like “Okay, unlike ‘Batman Begins,’ this would be something where we would be respecting the previous mythology.” Certainly of one and two, not so much number three – but certainly you would be recognizing that mythology, unlike “Batman Begins” where we were saying that this is the beginning, right here. But what I view in it, and what has ultimately made me make the choice to make it, is that I see the same potential for reinvention and for breathing new life into the mythology. That’s what I view our responsibility as filmmakers to be. It’s pointless if we don’t succeed in doing that.
CS: How is filming going?
Bale: Good, good. They’re a number of weeks in. I’m just a week and a half in… It’s going well. It’s a tall order, it really is, and I recognize that and we have a lot of work to do, and I’ve just begun on it, because I only just finished working on “Public Enemies” a couple of weeks back.
Christian Bale is really a talented actor. He has some serious staying power. I wonder how he interacts with a genius director like Christopher Nolan, as compared to the way he interacts with the director McG.
POSTED BY: Nick Wolfwood
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