Christian Bale on Batfleck - video Dailymotion

Christian Bale reacts to the announcement of Ben Affleck starring as the new Batman.

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00:00Christian Bale's first reaction to Ben Affleck as Batman.

00:03These f***ing a**holes!

00:05Bale told Empire Magazine he was a little jealous after hearing the news.

00:09He said, quote,

00:10When I heard there was someone else doing it,

00:12there was a moment where I just stopped and stared into nothing for half an hour.

00:19Thing is, Bale considered doing another Batman flick after The Dark Knight Rises.

00:23But then, that flick happened.

00:25His reaction was still better than the internet.

00:27It's like, Ben Affleck's gonna be Batman.

00:28The first one just goes, noooo!

00:31At the end of the day, Bale reached out to Ben.

00:33You know, Batman to Batman.

00:35He says,

00:36I emailed him, offering him bits of advice.

00:38I learned the hard way.

00:39Now, I'd like to think that that email went a little something like this.

00:42These f***ing a**holes!