Welsh star Christian Bale is thrilling Bat fans with his proclamation that he will walk away from the comic book movie franchise if producers try to bring in Robin, the caped crusader's annoying, naive, smarmy, unnecessary sidekick from the old TV show.
Bale took on the role of the legendary action hero in 2005's Batman Begins and will be seen again in The Dark Knight, which is due for release in three weeks. He's also rumored to be ready to sign on to do a third movie.
But the actor is hoping that the character of Robin is not brought back into any of future Batman movies - because he will resign in protest.
He says, "If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I'll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work."
