Dark Knight Rises: High Res Images & Christian Bale Talks Co-Stars

Last week we added some lo res images from Empire Magazines upcoming Dark Knight Rises photo spread. Today we have some high res versions. Christian Bale also had another interview recently, and took some time to talk about his co-stars. Check out the images and some excerpts from the interview below.

Anne Hathaway - Catwoman:

I'm terrible at auditions, so I'm very impressed when somebody really seems to acquire an ownership of a character without having worked on it or prepared for some amount of time. I saw that in Anne. In many ways, she has the hardest job. There are a number of people who feel that the Catwoman role has been defined previously. So, I always saw Anne's role as being the toughest job of any of us.

Tom Hardy - Bane:

He's a phenomenal actor. I like working with him a great deal. He goes the whole hog. I know that Bane has been seen in movies before. But, in my eyes, Tom is essentially creating Bane for the first time so there's great freedom for him to be able to do so.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt - John Blake:

Joseph is a very intriguing guy. I would see Joseph’s performances in other films while we were filming. He's somebody who truly seems to love acting. He's a good, smart guy. He did a very good job in the movie.

Christopher Nolan's Batman:

We always maintained from the beginning that if you wanted to break it down, there are three personas – Batman is sincere, the private Bruce Wayne is sincere. The public version of Bruce Wayne, the playboy, is a completely fabricated performance.

On the end of the production:

I wrapped a few days ago so that will be the last time I’m taking that cowl [Batman hood] off. I believe that the whole production wrapped yesterday, so it’s all done. Everything’s finished. It’s me and Chris – that will be the end of that Batman era.