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Christian Bale Claimed Heath Ledger's Joker 'Ruined' All Of His Plans In Batman

Christian Bale Claimed Heath Ledger's Joker 'Ruined' All Of His Plans In Batman

Don't be so hard on yourself, Christian.

Mel Ramsay

Mel Ramsay

Imagine finding out you were going to be the star of a Hollywood blockbuster. You'd plan, you'd practice, you'd tell all your mates and you'd be ridiculously excited.

Then imagine that one of your co-stars pulled off one of the best performances of all time. You'd be a bit gutted.

Christian Bale has said that Heath Ledger's posthumous Oscar-winning performance in The Dark Knight "ruined all his plans". Don't get angry though, it's totally understandable once you read what he said.

In a recent interview with Yahoo! Movies, Bale said: "I didn't quite manage what I hoped I would throughout the trilogy. Chris [Nolan] did, but my own sense of self is like, 'I didn't quite nail it.'

"I found, when I put on the suit, I just went, I'd just feel like a bloody idiot if I don't use this a means of, kind of, it's his true, monstrous self that he allows to come out in that moment.

He continued: "Heath turned up, and just kind of completely ruined all my plans.

"Because I went, 'He's so much more interesting than me and what I'm doing.'".

Too right. Ledger was incredible in that role.

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Topics: Christian Bale, Batman