Yahoo Lifestyle “I Just Went Along With It”: A Resurfaced Interview Has Reminded People That Donald Trump Once Apparently Thought Christian Bale Was Actually Bruce Wayne
A resurfaced interview has reminded fans of Christian Bale’s confusing encounter with former president Donald Trump while shooting The Dark Knight Rises.
As I’m sure you know, Christian famously starred as Batman/Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, which started with Batman Begins in 2005, followed by The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises in 2008 and 2012.
The three movies are set in the fictional city of Gotham and were shot in many different locations worldwide. In 2011, filming for The Dark Knight Rises took the cast and crew to New York City, where they shot scenes in the lobby of Trump Tower — which was used as the backdrop for the main entrance to Wayne Enterprises’ headquarters.
Of course, this was years before Trump’s pivot to politics, and while filming was underway, he invited Christian up to his office, where it sounds like things may have gotten a little confusing.
Christian shared his recollection of these events for the first time in 2018, telling Variety that throughout their interaction, the future president talked to him as if he was actually speaking to Bruce Wayne.
“I met him, one time,” Christian recalled at the premiere for his 2018 movie, Vice. “I think he thought I was Bruce Wayne, because I was dressed as Bruce Wayne. So he talked to me like I was Bruce Wayne.”
Admitting that he “just went along with it,” Christian — who is British and therefore must have stayed in his American accent for the duration of the meeting — said the whole thing was “quite entertaining.”
Trump thinking Christian Bale was actually Bruce Wayne is very on brand for him.
— Dan Marcus (@Danimalish) June 3, 2024
In the replies, people attempted to imagine what the interaction may have sounded like — and they certainly got creative.
“‘Wayne Enterprises is an incredible company, truly incredible,’” one user imagined Trump saying. “‘Many people tell me Bruce Wayne reminds them of me. You really are the best, believe me. How do you do it? I guess we’re just built differently.’”
“‘Bruce Wayne, lovely gentleman. Real patriot. I told him to come back to the Tower whenever he would like. He is going to let me drive the Batmobile,’” mimicked someone else.
“Trump would absolutely, and with a straight face, tell you that he’s had dealings with Wayne Enterprises,” joked another user. “He’d say the Riddler ‘is not as clever as he thinks he is!’”
Others wondered if Trump realized that Christian isn’t even American, or what it might have been like if he’d met him while he was shooting a different one of his movies.
“This would have been even better if Bale met him in preparation for American Psycho,” someone wrote, referring to his well-known character, Patrick Bateman.
All in all, people found the whole thing pretty fun, and many praised Christian for deciding to go along with it — a true Oscar-winner, indeed.
Speaking to Variety about the run-in back in 2018, Christian confessed he had “no idea” that the man who talked to him as if he was a fictional comic book character might one day “think about running for president.”
“And here we are,” he said.
Well, the big question is: Have Ben Affleck, George Clooney, or Robert Pattinson had similar experiences with the former president? How many Bruce Waynes exist in Trump's multiverse? Who knows?
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