12 Most Notorious Batman Urban Legends

8. Christian Bale Was Asked To Return For Batman v Superman

Verdict: Untrue.

Because everyone was so sad about the end of the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, fans took it upon themselves in the early days of Batman v Superman's production to fabricate some rumours around the series' links to the new chapter.

Nolan was linked to directing for a while by hopeful chancers, and there was a time when the Internet was awash with attempts to paint the stories together seamlessly. Even more excitingly for fans, it was said that Christian Bale was even approached to pull on his Bat-cowl again, proving the films were set in the same universe.

That ignores the fact that such claims are bullsh*t: Bale told Esquire that the rumours he was offered an eye-watering amount to return were as far off-base as him playing James Bond:

“No, I’ve never heard of that. Equally untrue about them coming to me for Batman, before Ben Affleck… I think it’s the right decision... People were talking about this obscene amount of money they were saying was thrown at me. No. I didn’t have a single conversation with anybody about ever playing the role again.”