• Christian Bale met Robert Pattison briefly for ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ premiere.
• His kids helped him pick his next film.
• Bale stars alongside Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, and Tessa Thompson.

Christian Bale said he didn’t see Robert Pattison’s super-hit picture The Batman, but he’s a ‘great performer’.

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During the premiere of Bale’s ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ in Hollywood, the actor said he sees ‘few films’ After meeting Pattinson briefly, he stated he heard ‘great things’ about him.

‘It’s amazing how few films I see. Every director I work with, I’ve seen a couple of their films and they’re always looking at me going, ‘Are you kidding?’ I like to really savour films and I don’t watch too many. But I will, I certainly will. Robert is an absolutely wonderful actor. We bumped into each other, talked a little bit about it ahead of time, and I heard wonderful things,” according to sources. His kids help him pick a movie, though.

Actor revealed, “I always just look at who’s directing it, who are the people involved, is it a good story, am I gonna get something out of it. With this one, it was my kids saying to me, ‘By the way, you’re doing this one,’ and I went, ‘Am I really?’ And they said, ‘Yes you are,’ and I went, ‘OK, yes I am.”

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Bale plays Gorr the God Butcher in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ with Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, and Tessa Thompson. Taika Waititi’s ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ opens July 8.

Christian Bale’s flicks ‘The Fighter,’ ‘American Hustle,’ and ‘Reign of Fire’ have won praise.