Christian Bale says he was concerned about wearing a G-string and gaining muscle for 'Thor: Love and Thunder'
- Christian Bale spoke to The Wrap about his role in "Thor: Love and Thunder."
- Bale, 48, plays the film's villain, Gorr the God Butcher.
Christian Bale was initially concerned about his character's look in "Thor: Love and Thunder" because of the costume requirements and body type.
While promoting the latest film in Marvel's "Thor" franchise, Bale spoke to The Wrap's Drew Taylor about embracing his character — Gorr the God Butcher — and translating the character from comic books to cinema.
Bale, 48, said director Taika Waititi gave him Gorr the God Butcher comic books ahead of filming for preparation, which made him pause. In the comic books, Gorr the God Butcher's costume is fairly revealing with only a cape and underwear.
"I did have a look briefly and said, 'He's got a G-string on. Nobody wants to see me like that," Bale told The Wrap. "He was also crazy musclebound in the comics. And I was in the middle of making another film where I was really quite skinny."
"Dude, nobody wants to see me in a G-string," Bale added.
Bale continued that there was no use in working out to get brawny due to his costar Chris Hemsworth.
"And there's no point in working out at all because you can't compete with Chris," Bale continued.
Instead, Bale told The Wrap that he and Waititi worked together to create a new look for Gorr the God Butcher. Screen Rant reported that Gorr the God Butcher appeared younger in the film, and some of his backstory was changed. Bale's rendition also wears a draping cloak instead of the dark, thin, layered material depicted in the comic book.
Although Bale previously played DC's Batman in the Dark Knight Trilogy, "Thor: Love and Thunder" marked his entrance into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
In a June interview with Total Film, Bale admitted that he didn't know what the MCU was before agreeing to play Gorr the God Butcher.
"People would go, 'Oh, look at this! He's entered the MCU!' And I'd go, 'I've done what? I haven't entered shit, thank you very much,'" Bale said.
"I'm like, 'The MCU?' I had to ask what that was," he continued.
Natalie Portman, who plays Jane Foster/The Mighty Thor in the film, told In a Total Film in a separate interview that Bale looked terrifying while in costume.
"The children would run screaming," she said. "He has a very, very, very scary look, in addition to, of course, his excellent acting. But, on this one, in between, he'd be like, 'Hey, what's up?' It was just a normal conversation, which was jarring, because he looked terrifying."