Batman Begins | Behind-The-Scenes Taken from an interview, Christian Bale gave MTV in 2005: “This, to me, is the first Batman movie,” said Christian Bale, the then 31-year-old star. “We are approaching it from a far more human viewpoint, a much darker aspect to Batman. This is somebody who is capable of deep and dark things, whose energy stems from a great personal grief and pain” “The inspiration for this movie comes from the graphic novels; it’s not from the TV series, which was wonderful but