Bale's Batman Doesn't Want a Robin

Says the Batman actor, "If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I'll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work."

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By ComicBookMovie - Jul 02, 2008 12:07 AM EST

Filed Under: The Dark Knight

Source: WENN

That is what Christian Bale told entertainment content provider WENN. I'd have to agree with him. Let's keep batman working alone a little while longer. It all went to pot when they added Robin in the previous franchise. That is when things got corny and ambiguously gay.

See The Dark Knight intheatres July 18, 2008.

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