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Christian Bale Says Batman Has Multiple-Personality Disorder In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

In this new interview with The Daily Telegraph, actor Christian Bale, who plays Bruce Wayne/Batman in The Dark Knight Rises, revealed that his character is in a very poor health physically and mentally.

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By Lucas Silva Mendonça - 7/13/2012


"He's filled with remorse, he's become a recluse, he's given up and completely quit. He's in very poor health physically and mentally. He is not a healthy superhero. He has multiple-personality disorder and is a very sad, lonely individual."


"He has the public persona of the playboy and the character of Batman is the personification of his rage and sense of injustice. He's almost a villain and takes it to the edge, where he can do no wrong, but he has this altruism holding him back from doing that. The reason he dresses in the Batman suit is that he feels monstrous, so he creates a monster to represent that rage and keep it away from his own personal life."




It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.



Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Release Date: July 20th, 2012
Cast: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway and Gary Oldman
Director: Christopher Nolan
Source: STV
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Supes17 - 7/13/2012, 11:48 AM
the psychology of Batman has always been a fascinating topic..

I'm not surprised that he's unhealthy...
Living with 3 different personalities(Batman, Bruce, playboy bruce) can be harmful to your mental health.
DukeAcureds - 7/13/2012, 11:56 AM
Batman is Bane. Vhat a tweest.
Netman0007 - 7/13/2012, 11:59 AM
That's awesome.


But Bale's health....in interviews. He don't look so good. Is he on something, anyone know?
BrotherStarkofMABMindz - 7/13/2012, 12:08 PM
Aren't all superheroes somehow schizophrenic

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MrAnonymous/news/?a=63671
JatevinM - 7/13/2012, 12:42 PM
Mr Cool@ When you think about it Bruce Wayne Does have multiple personality disorder. He has to maintain Bruce Wayne, Batman, and the Billionaire Playboy persona that people expect of Bruce Wayne. Having to maintain so many different personas and personalities can do that to you.
blvdnoise - 7/13/2012, 12:47 PM
"so he creates a monster to represent that rage and keep it away from his own personal life."
blvdnoise - 7/13/2012, 12:47 PM
..Which is exactly why I've never had a problem with Bale's Batman voice. It's brilliantly creepy to me and pretty much self explanatory IMO Never got what all the gripe was about.
RaleighAntrobus - 7/13/2012, 12:48 PM
@Mrcool210

Um... yes he does.
GoILL - 7/13/2012, 12:49 PM
@blvdnoise most people want that Conroy type voice.
Greengo - 7/13/2012, 12:51 PM
Maybe he IS Batman but after hanging up the cowl and having to live with his Bruce Wayne "mask" all the time it triggered some type of psychosis.

@Mrcool210: so I take it you're not going to watch it now??????? -_-
Godzillafart - 7/13/2012, 12:54 PM
I like it! Sounds like an exaggeration of where he is in the beginning of the comic The Dark Knight Returns.

Bale is still (although a great actor) a shitty Batman, his Bat-voice is absurd, and BB is a mediocre film.

Yes. I think that covers it.
JULEZ13 - 7/13/2012, 12:55 PM
Not surprised about that!

But seriously... don't most superheroes have multiple personality disorders? Spiderman has to act like a smart geek (which he really is) and spiderman. Superman has farmboy/reporter Clark Kent, Kel-El and Superman. This is just part of being a superhero. I'm glad Nolan is using this as a main aspect of the story. I'm hoping the same is expressed in MoS.
JULEZ13 - 7/13/2012, 12:57 PM
Kal-El* Damn CBM designers removing the Edit button!!!
Netman0007 - 7/13/2012, 1:00 PM
Keaton is probably the least imposing physically as an actor that played Batman, but his Batman was still better than Bale's for shear badassery. Bale has the phsyical side down good (but truth be told, physically, Kilmer and Clooney did too in comparison with Keaton). Keaton had the psyche down great and the VOICE.
Fogs - 7/13/2012, 1:01 PM
Hmm I don't know... calling Bats a multiple personality disorder dude kinda gives me the feeling he doesn't really know what he's doing or better, he's doing what his 'other' personality is 'programmed' to do.

Not the way I picture Batman, which would be an extremely intelligent man who knows exactly what he's doing. He never plays the victim, even for himself. He's tough as hell, even when old and sick (as in Dark Knight Returns).

That's also why this would rock:
Asterisk - 7/13/2012, 1:08 PM
I've always felt that Batman isn't crazy or psychopathic, this is just...something he's got to do.
beane2099 - 7/13/2012, 1:13 PM
I have to disagree on the Batman having multiple personalities (or dissociative identity disorder as it's called these days). Double agents and undercover cops maintain multiple personas all the time. It's difficult and they sometimes do have a hard time differentiating between them after a while, but they don't have D.I.D. I could see Wayne being lost between the roles he has to play. It screws with your sense of identity. That leads to other stuff (just not D.I.D.).
ralfinader - 7/13/2012, 1:23 PM
Batman is crazy, but not suffering from multiple personality disorder in the comics.

That he is suffering from it here in TDKR, literally, or, as I believe Bale is trying to say: "Seems like a different personality, in that he is all about himself instead of Gotham now, at the point where TDKR picks up."
zware - 7/13/2012, 1:24 PM
People think about it for 2 seconds... He dresses up as a bat and fights crime he obviously has some mental issues.
Fogs - 7/13/2012, 1:26 PM
@zware - if he was real. He's not - he's a comicbook character from an universe where there's a dude dressed in blue and a cape who can fly.
MarkV - 7/13/2012, 1:27 PM
This is one of many, many, many versions of Batman. If you don't like this one, another will be here in about 3-4 years. Personally, I can't wait for this move!
shadearts - 7/13/2012, 1:29 PM
Bale's Batman voice doesn't bother me ..a few other things bother me about Nolan's Batman more and that's Nolan refusal to include metahumans why because the Batman I love is the one that is so intimidating that a superpower thug would prefer been capture by a superpowered alien with laser eyes then to go with a non powered very scary human and the other thing is I don't feel Nolan's Batman is beyond intelligent because he has lucsious Fox makes his CRAP he doesn't do it I know they are the best Batman movies but if it worked in comics and Tv shows why changed that those things didn't make the other movies suck
hope420 - 7/13/2012, 1:40 PM
Sounds Batman is turning into MoonKnight with these multiple personality problems. I kid I can see why someone would start to lose their marbles after everything he has been through.
Fogs - 7/13/2012, 1:40 PM
@Owlman - dude, as far as I know that yes, this was addressed many times, and always dismissed. And the namecalling isn't needed here.
KNIGHT3000 - 7/13/2012, 1:50 PM
To imply that Bruce Wayne has a multiple-personality disorder, would imply that each of his personalities is unaware of the others actions. Which makes this nonsense.

It would also imply that Batman is weak minded.

Boy, when you aren't aloud to talk about the movie, people will say anything to seem more inteligent
worldbreaker - 7/13/2012, 2:20 PM
^ did he wink?
worldbreaker - 7/13/2012, 2:23 PM
maybe he just doesn't know how multiple personality disorder works. if he said "multiple personalities" i could've taken it not literally but "disorder" kind of puts a stamp on it
worldbreaker - 7/13/2012, 2:25 PM
hopefully we dont get a spider-man villain style conversation between bruce wayne and batman
PeterParker1991 - 7/13/2012, 2:53 PM
"Let the games begin!" - Bane, TDKR
INSTANTJUSTICE - 7/13/2012, 2:55 PM
I think it's CHRISTIAN BALE who has multiple personality disorder (D.I.D): speaking both in separate American and British accents within the space of a few minutes in interviews and ranting at hard-working camera-men.
SuspenseSmith - 7/13/2012, 2:58 PM
Not sure if most people truly understand multiple personality disorder. Most movies trivialize it or fantasizes it. But in reality, it's usually much worse than having two or three different personalities.

I think the most accurate depiction of dissociative identity disorder or Multiple personality disorder was on the show, Lie to Me, second season first episode called 'The Core of It"

usually a person with DID has a control personality that knows about the rest. Unless the person is in the control personality (usually the most hostile and terrifying one), the other personalities are completely unaware of the others.

Batman does not have DID.
SuspenseSmith - 7/13/2012, 3:06 PM
But being an actor can be taxing or even mentally damaging to people, especially for someone that practices method acting, delving into the psyche of a character for months even before shooting. While somewhat satirized in Tropic Thunder with "I know who I am. I'm the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude," a role can creep into the real life of the actor. It's hard to be two people. The best actors aren't really acting, but bringing out a character from a real place in their minds. For a character like the Joker, bringing your character from your own self is scary. It's incredibly effective, but also controversial for that reason.

Sometimes I worry for Bale, he's among one of those actors that has to be careful how far into his roles he gets.
l0rdleg0las - 7/13/2012, 3:10 PM
Does this mean we finally get a portrayal of basically a dual role character?

The presense of the Wayne character has been missing most of the 2 prior movies
Godzillafart - 7/13/2012, 3:13 PM
@Sirwinsalot: We've been over this, it raped one of my favorite characters.

Bale is a shitty Batman. Deal with it.
ImJustTheBassPlayer - 7/13/2012, 3:16 PM
I don't think he's literally going to have multiple personality disorder. Bale just means that Wayne is a mess and has to have several personalities. I'm fairly certain we aren't going to get a Batman that talks to himself as different characters, or any other classic multiple personality traits.

Except he does do a different voice for Batman...lol

(I dig the voice)
CoolantTech - 7/13/2012, 3:18 PM
I think he has the mildest form of that disorder, which would allow him to function somewhat and not be a complete invalid, and his personalities are aware of each other.
TheJoker - 7/13/2012, 3:26 PM
Batman has always been a mental case. There is no Bruce Wayne realy. Batman uses Bruce Wayne as a mask, a cover, from his true identity which is Batman. I always said that Clark Kenk pretends to be Superman and Batman pretends to be Bruce Wayne.
marcuskiner - 7/13/2012, 3:38 PM
@Godzillafart

My my, what great critiquing skills you have!

The voice is your best complaint?

LOL
mawilli4 - 7/13/2012, 3:39 PM
STOP POSTING [frick]ING SPOILERS IN THE HEADLINES. JESUS [frick]ING CHRIST.
mjsmufc99 - 7/13/2012, 4:23 PM
That first paragraph described me to a tee LOL
whoa123 - 7/13/2012, 4:34 PM
@Lucas Silva Mendonça- Thanks for using the banner that I made! (No sarcasm intended.)

On the other note, I can't wait to see this! Bale is the best Wayne/Batman!
Ryguy88 - 7/13/2012, 4:49 PM
I'm a little worried that there aren't any reviews out yet. Usually when a film is getting raves they release the reviews a couple of weeks early. The only way that this could be a positive thing is if WB is just trying to keep as many spoilers off the web as possible.
Ryguy88 - 7/13/2012, 4:53 PM
Don't worry Godzilla, BB can't hurt you anymore...as long as you don't watch it.
Gnyah123 - 7/13/2012, 5:59 PM
for those who dont know anne will be on jimmy fallon tonight!!
wonder if hes gon say anything to her about wat letterman said last night...
Scooby - 7/13/2012, 6:17 PM
"A guy dresses up like a bat clearly has issues"

IgnurRant - 7/13/2012, 7:20 PM
"Did Batman Begins molest you as a child"

hahahahaa That guy does whine a lot. Clown ass fool.
IgnurRant - 7/13/2012, 7:22 PM
Finally an actor who understands how crazy Batman qctually is. Dude saw both his parents get blasted at 8 and feels totally responsible.
MyHeroAsh - 7/13/2012, 7:47 PM
Dammit People!!! This is a movie adaptation of a character. The writers version of an icon. The writer is attempting to ground him in as real a life as possible. Is it that difficult for you comic geeks to understand? I love Batman comics, so I include myself as being a comic geek, but I also can separate the movie version and the comicbook version. I can enjoy someones version of a character, as long as it is well written and interesting(which these movies have been). Everyone has their own optinion, but really its like a broken record. BTW, I'm not a "nolanite", I'm just a fan of film and the proof is in the pudding.
darkmetal - 7/13/2012, 7:49 PM
@ralfinader In the comics Batman is just a costume. There is no depth. And one could say Batman in the comics suffers from Multiple Crappy Writer Syndrome.

Nolan's Batman films have taken some good ideas from the comics but theyve made Batman a very realistic man.
One would have to have some issues to forgo the pleasures of being a Billionaire to risk their life fighting bad guys dressed as a Bat.

In the comics its presented as a rational and somewhat emotionless decision.

This version is more plausible than the messy version we've seen from DC. DC has so many writers tripping over each other as they each try to add the kind of touch to Batman that Miller did in DKR that you get just one big crazy mess.

Even The New 52 Batman is just more of the same mess. Batman Inc., Death Of Batman, Damien Wayne, the Owl guys are horrible ideas.

Nolan's Batman is more of an explanation of Bob Kane's original take on Batman than the DC versions that have existed since the 50's.

Even Nolan couldn't explain the psychological condition of DC's 50's and 60's Batman, the was played by Adam West. He would be the most f-ed up Batman of all. Guy dresses a guy dressed in a Bat Suit, to run around with an annoying kid in panty hose, and goes Bat-Dancing, and Bat-Jogging and is obsessed with assigning "Bat" to each item he owns. Then he gets hit on by Catwoman, and turns her down?!?

And no one, can explain the lunacy of DC comics stories today, except to say they suck.
MyHeroAsh - 7/13/2012, 7:53 PM
@ Darkmetal- Amen brother!
Amen!
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