Tom Hardy's Initial Fear of Christian Bale

Tom Hardy famously gained 30 lbs to play Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, and gaining that weight and feeling strong gave him a lot of confidence.

When he met Christian for the first time in his trailer, he checked out his arms, and felt that he was going to "walk" their scenes together.

But that all changed when he finally came face to face with Christian Bale in the bat suit.

He describes Christian as looking terrifying when he's got all the gear on, and he is large looming figure.

Tom may have been scared of Christian, but fancied his chances against other Batman actors, including Adam West …

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