Christian Bale Didn’t Know What The MCU Was Before ‘Thor: Love & Thunder’, Thought He’d Have To Wear A G-String

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Marvel fans were thrilled to see Christian Bale in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) even if he had no clue what it was. Bale (“The Dark Knight”) had absolutely zero reservations about joining the MCU after starring as one of DC Comics’ greatest superheroes.

In fact, he didn’t even connect the dots. Sliding to the other side of the morale scale, he portrays Gorr the God Butcher in “Thor: Love and Thunder”. “Absolutely not, no,” Bale told Total Film Magazine. “That didn’t even enter into my head at all.

I’d read that, and people would go, ‘Oh, look at this! He’s entered the MCU!’ READ MORE: Melissa McCarthy Makes Like Andrew Garfield And Claims She’s Not In ‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ “And I’d go, ‘I’ve done what?

I haven’t entered s**t, thank you very much.’ I’m like, ‘The MCU?’ I had to ask what that was.” Bale had a bit of a wardrobe scare when researching Gorr the God Butcher. “You sort of go, ‘I know what he does.’ It’s right there in the name, isn’t it?” he said. “But I did make the mistake of googling him and, oh no! [In the comics] he runs around in a G-string all the time.