How would you feel about meeting Christian Bale? Terrified and/or ecstatic, we presume. Tom Hardy, who plays Bane in the upcoming "Dark Knight Rises," fell somewhere in between when getting prepped to work on the film. In an interview on "The Jonathan Ross Show," Hardy describes the first time he met the titular Dark Knight, sans costume.

"When I got to L.A. to do a screen testing in the giant Bane outfit, I’d done some work," he says. "I felt strong, I’d been training. I see Christian sitting there and I didn’t have the tee-shirt pressed on, and I see his arms. I looked at him and thought, ‘I’m gonna work this.’"

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Christian Bale

Happy birthday, Christian Bale! You're 38 years old, pretty young considering how long you've been around the movie business. Not everyone's film debut comes in a Steven Spielberg flick right as they're hitting puberty, getting kicked around and covered in mud for the world to watch.

But fortunately, Bale's had a long and fruitful career, enough to establish him as one of the best method actors of his generation -- and certainly one of the very best Caped Crusaders we've ever seen.

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"The Dark Knight Rises" isn't just Christopher Nolan's final dance with the Bat. It's also Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale's final dance as the Bat — and even if fans are sad to see him go, Bale himself is ready to fly off to newer pastures.

"We need different rhythms in our life, don't we, and to me it would be the wrong rhythm to jump into a franchise at this point," Bale told the New York Daily News about his time as Batman in a new interview. "For now, no, I'd be looking for new experiences."

In the interview, Bale spoke about his inspiration behind playing the Caped Crusader, chalking up a lot of credit to Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli's "Batman: Year One" miniseries for turning him around on the potential that comic book characters have on the screen.

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Christian Bale's time as Batman is almost up, but with seven months still to go before he saves Gotham again, we'll have plenty of opportunities to gaze upon his Caped Crusader.

Like today, for instance. Entertainment Weekly has debuted a new look at Bale as Batman on the cover of their latest issue, showing the changes (or lack thereof) made to his costume between "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises."

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Was there ever really any choice?

When it came to picking our number one most anticipated comic book film for 2012, how could we not choose the conclusion of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy? Legends don't end every day, you know.

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Sad news from the city of Gotham. Both Warner Bros. and the Screen Actors Guild have confirmed that an unidentified male extra died of natural causes while working as a background actor last month on the New York City set of "The Dark Knight Rises."

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When Christian Bale returns as Batman in next summer's "The Dark Knight Rises," his Gotham City will be bigger by at least three key occupants: Anne Hathaway as Selina "Catwoman" Kyle, Tom Hardy as Bane and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as beat cop John Blake.

Bale spoke with the Inquirer about all three of these actors, saying that Hathaway had the hardest job of any of them.

"There are a number of people who feel that the Catwoman role has been defined previously," said Bale. "So, I always saw Anne's role as being the toughest job of any of us. In my case, I’ve stopped referencing outside sources. I now reference Chris’ own world of Batman as a guide to what I will continue doing."

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Chris Nolan and Tom Hardy spilled the beans on "The Dark Knight Rises" earlier this week, but they're not the only ones talking. Star Christian Bale is speaking out as well about his final appearance as Gotham City's silent protector.

Bale told Ace Showbiz this week that in "Rises," we'll see Batman dealing with his inner pain in ways we've yet to see from the character.

"How long will you let the pain and loss define your life? Walking around chasing bad guys is very heroic and attracts attention, but at the end it all accounts for, as a means to deal with the pain of a huge loss," he said of how Bruce has dealt with the death of his parents.

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The Dark Knight RisesIt's Thursday, only one more day left in the week, and you know what that means: another "Dark Knight Rises" set photo to fawn over!

New shots from the Los Angeles set of Christopher Nolan's third and final Batman flick have hit the 'net, and though there's not a Bat or Cat in sight, there is a Bruce and a Selina.

Today's batch of photos focus firmly on Christian Bale and Anne Hathaway's non-costumed counter-parts, Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle respectively, as they stroll around in broad daylight.

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Since beginning filming in mid-May, Christopher Nolan has taken his “Dark Knight Rises” production to both India and the United Kingdom. But now the third part of the director’s Batman trilogy has come stateside, settling in for a three-week stint in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

“The Dark Knight Rises” will be shooting in Pittsburgh five days a week until August 21, when the production will move on to additional locations. Though Nolan and star Christian Bale were characteristically tightlipped about the film, they did take time to praise The Steel City, as reported by the Pittsburgh Business Times.

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Splash Page welcomes Ed Tadem to our cover artist family (our custom-designed theme up top). Currently working on the forthcoming "Avengers" animated series, Tadem's work can also be seen in the "Jackie Karma" issues of Image's "'76," and in "Pop Gun, Volume 1." Ed Tadem can be found online at EdTadem.com.
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