LATE CITY
EDITION
LATE CITY
EDITION
Volume 63 Thursday, June 9, 2005 Page 1 of 3

FREEMAN AND OLDMAN SPEAK

This is from superherohype.com - Interview 1

ComingSoon.net/SuperheroHype.com talked to both Oldman and Freeman about their roles in the film, and the two went back and forth themselves as well making it quite an amusing interview:

Q: Have you seen Batman Begins?

Freeman: Yes, I saw it the night before last, and I was really knocked out.

Q: What was it like working with Christian Bale?

Freeman: Chris? Bale? Kind of a slimy character (Oldman laughs). Full of himself, you know, just, I don't know why.

Oldman: Oh, you caught him on a good day, then (laughs).

Freeman: Oh, dear. You had to work actually with him, well, I guess we had the same amount of time.

Oldman: At least you got him, he didn't smell too good when I worked with him and he was in that suit.

Freeman: I understand that when he was in that suit,
sweat would just drip off of him where they had to have holes in the gloves or something.

Oldman: He would stand and there was like...

Freeman: A puddle.

Oldman: A puddle where it was just coming through his shoes.

Freeman: He worked hard.

Oldman: He did work hard.

Q: Were you fans of the franchise, or the comic book, before getting involved?

Freeman: Uh, Gary was (Oldman laughs).

Oldman: You can quote me on that.

Q: Gary, did you have an accident, since you are using a cane?

Freeman: It's an affectation. He told me, that's what he said to me, it's just an affectation.

Oldman: I've become, I wanted to become very