Empire magazine has released a preview of an interview conducted with Christian Bale, providing some discussion on the Batman franchise. Although it's long been believed that this will be Bale's last turn as the Caped Crusader, he does provide a glimmer of hope:
All I know is the likelihood that this will be the last one. Well, I wouldn't say definitely. If Chris goes, 'Hey, I've got another story I think could be interesting,' then yeah, great, I'd go do that. I always assumed it would be three, but I could be wrong. I don't know if there's something wrong with me, but I don't feel any pressure.
He also shares his view on the casting of Tom Hardy in the Dark Knight Rises:
[Tom Hardy] seems like he's balls-out, doesn't he? Like he really goes for it.He looked like a guy that was happy to go to extremes, to really push it. Looks like he could go the distance...
The rest of the interview is available in the magazine out now.