Christian Bale Thinks The Batman Suit Is Claustrophobic

Christian Bale admits that he almost didn’t take the Batman role because of the costume being claustrophobic.

“I was standing on the back lot where they were creating the suit, and I had a few minutes to myself, staring up close in the mirror, just thinking, ‘This isn’t going to work. I’m claustrophobic, I can’t breathe, I’m getting a headache already, and this is all going to go very badly.’ ”

“I just said to myself, ‘Breathe deeply for a few minutes. Try this out. Don’t run around yelling and making an a** of yourself trying to pull the whole thing off.”

“I wasn’t going to get it off by myself. It takes three people. I just had flashes of what an a**-hole I would feel like saying, ‘Well, I wasn’t able to play that character, because I panicked every time I got in the suit.’ “

I hate that feeling of being claustrophobic…but I’m sure being paid to feel that way would help me alot!

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