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"Christian Bale has insisted that he will never return to the Batman franchise. The Hollywood actor told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that The Dark Night Rises, his third Batman film, will be his last. The 37-year-old, who was recently pictured on location at Trump Tower, also confirmed that filming for the superhero thriller has come to an end.   Bale explained: &amp;quot;I wrapped a few days ago so that will be the last time I&amp;#039;m taking that [Batman mask] off. &amp;quot;I believe that the whole production wrapped yesterday, so it&amp;#039;s all done. Everything&amp;#039;s finished. It&amp;#039;s me and [director Christopher Nolan] - that will be the end of that Batman era.&amp;quot; The Welsh star added his belief that Catwoman, played by Anne Hathaway in The Dark Night Rises, is the most challenging character to portray. &amp;quot;In many ways, [Hathaway] has the hardest job. There are a number of people who feel that the Catwoman role has been defined previously,&amp;quot; he continued. &amp;quot;So I always saw Anne&amp;#039;s role as being the toughest job of any of us.&amp;quot; Watch the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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