Some Funny Episodes in "Batman Begins" Set

來源：Newsweek 2004

The only major cast member on the set of the new "Batman" movie who doesn't have his own private trailer with his name on the door is Batman himself, actor Christian Bale. Michael Caine, who plays Batman's trusted butler, Alfred, has one, as does Katie Holmes, who plays love interest Rachel Dawes. But what about Bale? If you're looking for him, try knocking on the trailer door with a sign that reads BRUCE WAYNE. (That's Batman's alter ego. But you knew that.) If it all sounds a bit Method-actor fussy, well, it is. But Bale doesn't come across that way.
Between takes of a scene in the dank, monstrous Batcave - erected on a soundstage at Shepperton Studios outside London and complete with lagoon, waterfall and subterranean bachelor pad - Holmes tries to engage Bale, 30, in a quick rehearsal. "Is Sergeant Gordon your friend?" she asks, running one of her lines. "Yes," a fully costumed Bale answers in his thick, icy baritone. "He's very warm, very comforting. I like to be held." Later, Bale hums as a makeup guy gives him a retouching. "The next one'll be a musical?" the man asks. Bale grins. "Yeah, they'll call it 'Batman!' with an exclamation point."

On this particular day, Bale has been in the Batsuit for nine hours, and his brain is starting to boil. But he keeps up his good humor. After one take, Nolan instructs him to try a line again with more intensity, and Bale answers with a riff inspired by "This Is Spinal Tap": "How much more Batman can you get? The answer is: none. None more Batman."

『蝙蝠俠 開戰時刻』的主要演員中，唯一沒有私人拖車的主要角色只有一個，那就是蝙蝠俠本人，Christian Bale。飾演蝙蝠俠所依賴的管家 Alfred 的 Michael Caine 有自己的拖車，Katie Holmes 飾演蝙蝠俠心上人 Rachel Dawes 也有她的拖車。那 Bale 呢？如果想找他的話，就試著敲敲寫著 Bruce Wayne （那是蝙蝠俠的另外一個身分，不過我想大家都知道）的拖車門吧。這聽起來是不是很像 Method Actor 的無謂堅持？是啊，聽起來是有點像。不過 Bale 跟你想的不一樣。在兩次拍攝中間，身處於潮溼且龐大的蝙蝠洞裡 -- 聳立位於倫敦郊外的 Shepperton 工作室中 -- 建構著小潟湖、瀑布還有地底小屋，Holmes 嘗試著邀請三十歲的 Bale 一起即席排演。「Gordon 警官是你的朋友嗎？」Holmes 瀏覽著她的台詞問道「沒錯。」整裝待發的 Bale 以他厚重且冰冷有如薩克斯風的聲音回答「他是個溫暖而且舒適的人。我想要被擁抱。」（註：他穿蝙蝠裝會發瘋耶！）隨後，當化妝人員幫 Bale 補妝時，他用鼻子哼著歌。化妝人員問他「下一部蝙蝠俠會是部音樂劇嗎？」Bale 笑著「對，我們會稱他為『蝙蝠俠！』不要忘記後面要帶個驚嘆號」

在拍片的某天，Bale 穿著蝙蝠裝中已經超過九個小時，他的腦袋幾乎要燒掉了，但他的幽默卻沒因此熄滅。在拍完一個鏡頭後，Nolan 指示他用更強烈的語氣表示一句台詞，Bale 即時引用『搖滾萬萬歲』（This is Spinal Tap。聽說是部以紀錄片形式拍攝的音樂片，但實際上不是紀錄片）經典台詞說「你能得到多少的蝙蝠俠？答案是：一個都沒有，已經都沒有蝙蝠俠了」
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他說他不愛看電影，音樂與書才是他的興趣。從上面的小插曲看來，他真的是蠻喜歡音樂的，空閒的時候就愛哼哼音樂。

在拖車擺角色名不擺自己的名稱應該是他的習慣。在 The Machinist 的時候，他的拖車名稱也是 Trevor 而不是 Christian Bale。