Video: Batman: The Dark Knight Rises interview With Christian Bale Christian Bale stars in the third of Christopher Nolan's Batman films The Dark Knight Rises, out in the UK from Friday. Here the star explains what happens to his character in the final film and why the Batman character they have created for the Dark Knight films is a 'darker, more topical' character - how the original Batman creator Bob Kane intended the character to be. Daily Telegraph film critic Robbie Collin gave The Dark Knight Rises five stars this week in a first look review.