You might have different opinions on the matter, but financially, Christian Bale is the most successful actor to don the cape and cowl as the dark knight. The eponymous trilogy, all of which were directed by Christopher Nolan, grossed nearly $2.5 billion at the global box office with 2008's The Dark Knight establishing itself as one of the greatest films of all time regardless of genre.
So, is it really any surprise that Bale still has plenty of fans who want to see him return as Batman after all these years?
While Michael Keaton is the only former Batman confirmed to be reprising the iconic role, Bale has revealed that he's not exactly against it. The only condition? Christopher Nolan has to be the one to ask him. Bale revealed this "exciting" news to ComicBook, saying: For me, that would be a matter of Chris Nolan, if he ever decided to do it again and if he chose to come my way again, then yeah, I would consider it because that was always our pact between each other is we would just stick to it. We said we would only ever make three. And then I said to myself, and I'd only ever make it with Chris." In the same interview, Bale confirmed that "nobody" ever reaches out to him to ask him if he'd like to come back as Batman.