Christian Bale rules out Batman appearance in Justice League films as he 'quits Dark Knight role'

Christian Bale rules out Batman appearance in Justice League films as he 'quits Dark Knight role'

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Christian Bale has ruled out appearing as Batman in any Justice League film â€" and looks to have hung up the Caped Crusader’s Batsuit for good.

The Dark Knight trilogy star - who took over the coveted part in 2005 for Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan’s first reboot of the iconic comic book character - declared that playing Bruce Wayne’s alter ego three times was “enough”, insisting that the role “should be handed from one actor to another”.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the Pembrokeshire-born thesp warned against going back to the blockbuster well too many times.

"We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three [Batman films]. That’s enough. Let’s not get gre edy," he is reported to have said.

Later in the same interview, the 39-year-old added: "It's a torch that should be handed from one actor to another. So I enjoy looking forward to what somebody else will come up with."

On Justice League flick: 'I've literally not had a conversation with a living soul'

 

The Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actor also maintained that he had not been approached to be a part of any ensemble project to bring DC Comics favourites such Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to the big screen.

"I have no information, no knowledge about anything,” he said.

“I've literally not had a conversation with a living soul. I understand that they may be making a Justice League movie, that's it."