Christian Bale has said that filming green-screen movies, such as those in the Thor franchise, is “the definition of monotony”.

“They kept saying, ‘You’re on Stage Three.’ Well, it’s like, ‘Which one is that?’ ‘The blue one.’ They’re like, ‘Yeah.

But you’re on Stage Seven.’ ‘Which one is that?’ ‘The blue one.’ I was like, ‘Uh, where?’”.

Elsewhere in the interview, Bale said he doesn’t consider himself as a leading man – despite having played lead roles in numerous Batman films, The Fighter and Vice, to name a few.

It’s for me to play around, much like animals and children do