The Story Behind Christian Bale's Batman Voice

You can see tiny speakers on Christian Bale's original Batsuit (Photo: Warner Bros/Inset –Getty)

Now we know how Batman began even before "Batman Begins."Christian Bale may have officially exited the Batcave for good with his final performance as Bruce Wayne in last summer's "The Dark Knight Rises," but he has left behind a formidable legacy as the actor many feel made for the best-ever Batman. Bale brought a strong sense of physicality and authority to the role, as well as a much-debated distinctive vocal register ... a trait he conjured even before he was cast in the part.
Bale's original audition tape from "Batman Begins" (2005) reveals the actor in full Caped Crusader costume (the one Val Kilmer wore in 1995's "Batman Forever," for the record) and performing a key scene with Rachel Dawes (read by none other than future "Man of Steel" star Amy Adams). Kilmer's more stylized costume is a bit incongruous with what would be the grittier, more realistic tone of "Begins," but Bale's Dark Knight persona shines through the wardrobe delivering soon to be iconic lines like "It's not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me" — almost exactly the way he would in the final film.







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