always struck me that it's one of those costumes, it plays well on screen but in person it works, too. He's not Method but he
gets there, and when he's Batman he keeps that vocal quality. He keeps it in that register. He can have a laugh, it does make
him get a bit silly, and that's Christian's way of surviving, that he can come out of character and make jokes. I think that
keeps him sane. And we were using summer for winter so we were standing there in overcoats and scarves and gloves and it's
snowing and it's 105 degrees and he's in that suit... It is weird; I don't see Christian, I come in and I meet him on set as
Batman.
Empire: There was a really big gear shift from Batman Begins to The Dark Knight. How would you define the gear shift
again to this final instalment?
Gary: Well this is truly... Epic. You know those Fast And Furious movies where they drive at one speed, then they hit
that button? And they put the octane or the gas into the engine and they seem to drive at hyperspeed? This is Chris hitting
the button. This is the Fast And Furious version. It is a truly epic conclusion to the whole thing, and I don't mean that in
a gratuitous way.
Empire: How has this whole experience been for you then? Will you miss it?
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Gary: I think when you're into something like this and you don't know if there's going to be a third - for instance,
when we made Dark Knight we didn't know for sure there'd be a third - you go about your life; it's not something that you're
constantly thinking about. But once you're there back with all the people again it's like a reunion. There's all the same old
people, the same old camera crew, the same old Wally [Pfister, cinematographer], there's the make-up people and you just sort
of get back into the swing of it and it's just great to see everyone. So that's a bit bad, that we won't all get together again
- or certainly not in that way. I may end up working with Chris again and I may end up working with Christian and Michael or
any one of them, but it will be in a different situation. When you like something and you enjoy something you want it to go on.
But it's all got to end sometime.
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