Christian Bale Didn’t Know What The MCU Was Until He’d Already Joined

The Marvel Cinematic Universe appears ubiquitous to a lot of moviegoers, but not everyone knows what it is, irrespective of having 4 of the major 10 all-time box workplace spots. That includes Christian Bale, who performs Gorr the God Butcher in the upcoming Thor: Enjoy And Thunder, according to an interview in the latest problem of Complete Movie (by way of GamesRadar).

Requested no matter if he experienced any qualms about taking an additional comedian e book part following his reign as Christopher Nolan’s Batman, Bale explained “Absolutely not, no. That didn’t even enter into my head at all.” But Bale was caught off-guard by the response to his casting, not pretty knowledgeable of the scale of the movie selection he was joining.

“Persons would go, ‘Oh, seem at this! He’s entered the MCU!’ And I would go, ‘I’ve completed what? I have not entered s**t, thank you extremely a lot.’ I am like, ‘The MCU?’ I had to talk to what that was.”

Bale was also apprehensive for a brief time about what his costume could glimpse like. Not irrespective of whether it would glance rad ample or maneuverable ample, but no matter if he’d have adequate pores and skin protection.

“I did make the mistake of Googling [Gorr] and, oh no! [In Marvel’s comics] he runs all over in a G-string all the time,” Bale instructed Full Film. “And I imagined, ‘They will not have the proper gentleman for that!’ And then [director Taika Waititi] promptly dispelled any notions of functioning around in that. But I usually did consider what he could do with this in front of a bluescreen–he could chuck on whatever he needs later on.”

Thor: Adore And Thunder is the craziest factor Taika Waititi has ever carried out, and it stars tons of returning characters, together with Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, and Waititi as Korg. Natalie Portman returns as Jane Foster and The Mighty Thor, and Russell Crowe plays the Greek god Zeus. Thor: Really like And Thunder hits theaters on July 8.