Ben Affleck's really not having an easy time of being Batman, and he hasn't even stepped into the rubber suit yet. Firstly, he faced backlash from basically everyone on the planet (apart from his wife). Secondly, he has to share the screen with Henry Cavill, arguably the most ridiculously in-shape and handsome Superman there's been to date. Thirdly, he has to work in the giant shadow of Christian Bale's stellar version of the Caped Crusader, who is just about everyone's favourite Batman there's ever been.
And now Bale has given him a bit of advice, and it was nothing to do with the weight of the character and role, and more to do with the basics.
Talking to Access Hollywood, Bale said: 'The only thing I said to him is to make sure he can take a piss without anyone having to help him because it's a little bit humiliating - at least what I went through - when you have to have someone help you out of the costume in order to do that. That was my main piece of advice for him.'
Well at least he didn't take the piss completely. Bale pretty much hammered some nails into the coffin of his Batman at the same time, and seemed to be hinting at the fact that he doesn't want to be constantly asked about Affleck's performance for the next however many years Ben's in the role for. And if there's one thing we know, it's that you don't want to make Christian Bale angry.
He added: 'I wish him all the best, he's a very experienced actor and filmmaker. He'll make it his own. Our thing is finished, we always declared it was finished and it should be passed on to another actor - it will be again after him.'
Time moves ever onward, actors come and go, but Batman? Batman is forever, apparently.
