The Prestige
Bale stars as Alfred Borden in The Prestige, a movie in which a rivalry between two magicians becomes all-consuming when they attempt the ultimate illusion.
I read The Prestige again after I finished Batman, but I wasn’t sure if Chris just wanted to keep me as Bruce Wayne in his eyes and that was it, and he wouldn’t want to work on anything else. So, I contacted him and raised that question. I really liked the character of Borden and just told him, ‘Hey look, this would be great. I could really do this very well.’ And he did believe me, so we got crackin’.