# Christian Bale = Batman

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-batman/201276
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 12, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-batman/201276 "2003-09-12T20:17:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Peg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-batman/201276/1 "2003-09-12T20:17:49Z")

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Haven’t seen this so I’ll post it.

According to the folks at IMDB (taking the story from Variety), Christian Bale has been selected as the new Batman.

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### Author: ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-batman/201276/2 "2003-09-12T21:42:40Z")

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[Link.](http://www.imdb.com/PeopleNews/#3)

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### Author: ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-batman/201276/3 "2003-09-12T23:43:49Z")

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Perfect choice. I’ve been saying Bale would be a fantastic Bruce Wayne ever since American Psycho.

Now if they can hurry up and cast Bruce Campbell as Superman and John Cusack as Starman before they get too much older…

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### Author: ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-batman/201276/4 "2003-09-12T23:55:04Z")

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Ooh, I hope there’s an unrated version of it; Christian Bale makes my whole body THROB.

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### Author: ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-batman/201276/5 "2003-09-13T03:45:21Z")

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I wonder what his stepmother Gloria Steinem thinks about this?

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### Author: ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-batman/201276/6 "2003-09-13T03:49:02Z")

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Yea he is a perfect Batman.