Christian Bale Investigates a Murder with Help from Edgar Allan Poe in 'The Pale Blue Eye' Trailer

Christian Baleis on the case. Bale, also a producer here,recently toldVanity Fairof the movie, “Every character in the story has secrets. And while Poe seems to be the one who is clearly putting on a performance, he is actually the most sincere. Everyone else is more quietly putting on a performance, but no one is who they are pretending to be.” The Pale Blue Eye.Scott Garfield/Netflix Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.

Christian Bale Jokes He Only Gets Roles If Leonardo DiCaprio Already 'Passed on It Beforehand'

Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty; Kevin Mazur/GettySeveralChristian Balemovies were almostLeonardo DiCaprio-led projects.TheAmsterdamactor, 48,toldGQthat in Hollywood, “any role that anybody gets, it’s only because [Dicaprio has] passed on it beforehand.““It doesn’t matter what anyone tells you. It doesn’t matter how friendly you are with the directors. All those people that I’ve worked with multiple times, they all offered every one of those roles to him first,” said Bale. “I had one of those people actually tell me that.

Christian Bale Recalls Having 'People Laugh at Me' When He Told Them About His Serious Batman

Christian Bale as Batman inThe Dark Knight(2008).Photo: Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection When it comes to hisBatmanportrayal,Christian Balehas the last laugh. “I would [tell people] we’re going to sort of do Batman, but take him seriously,” said Bale. “I had tons of people laugh at me and just say, ‘Well, that’s just not going to work at all.’ " “It’s wonderful to be a part of a trilogy that proved those people wrong,” Bale told thePost.

Christian Bale Says He Wants to Take Part in a 'Star Wars' Film: 'What a Delight That Would Be'

Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty ImagesChristian Baleis ready to travel to a galaxy far, far away.The actor, 48, spoke withThe Hollywood Reporterabouthis long-held desire to be a part of theStar Warsfranchise, but the type of role he wants to play is a bit unexpected.“All I ever wanted inStarWarswas to be in aStarWarsoutfit and hit my head on a door or something as I walked through,” explained Bale, who has already played an iconic version of Batman and recently played a villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Christian Bale Walks Red Carpet with Wife as He Admits Their Kids Don't Watch His Movies

Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty Christian Bale’s kids don’t go overboard about their dad being in the movie biz. PEOPLE caught up with Oscar winner, 48, on Wednesday at theThePale Blue Eyepremiere in Los Angeles where he opened open about whether his children ever get to enjoy his films. “Not often, no,” Bale said. “They get to enjoy some of them. They really encouraged me to go make [Thor: Love and Thunder].They really wanted that, and I enjoyed that and I appreciate that they did ask me to go do that.