During the recent wave of publicity that Christian Bale basked within during the press tour for Terminator Salvation, a very lengthy session took place with GQ that resulted in an oft-referenced interview. In fact, this particular interview was so incredibly long-winded that most readers, understandably, merely dug through the first several pages for the relevant John Connor-related information. Oh, but the most revealing part came during the last paragraphs, at the point when the journalist was obviously trying to wrap things, but an undeterred Bale continued with a somewhat odd declaration:

Right. Let’s end on that.

No, wait–can I say something? I want to say that I’ve got this long history of just, I can’t stand havin’ my photo taken. Can’t fuckin’ stand it. Which is why in half the photos you see of me, I look like I was gettin’ a tetanus injection when they took the picture. Okay? And there was a [fashion] campaign during The Dark Knight in which they used me, in which I had no fuckin’ say-so. I would never have done that had I had any fuckin’ say-so.

Okay.

This campaign–it wasn’t Batman. It was Bruce Wayne. I said, “Look, that’s Bruce Wayne in that suit. He’s no different than Christian Bale in a suit except for he’s got stuff, goo, in his hair, okay?” I just want to go on record as saying I did nothing for that. In fact every time I saw it anywhere, I felt nauseous.

Okay.

What I’m tellin’ you is that I will not ever be a model. If I’m ever modeling, you’ll know I really fucking need the money. Okay?

Okay.

Well, somebody seems awfully defensive about engaging in the obligatory promotional tours that accompany virtually every mainstream film. Of course, I’m not sure exactly which photo spread that Bale is referring to in this interview, but these photos (from an Ellen Von Unwerth shoot) were taken during the promotional blitz for The Dark Knight. And, I gotta say that Bale is pretty much looking like a fucking model.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Oh yes. On your knees, Bale!