Donald Trump once met Christian Bale and thought he was Bruce Wayne

Everything's fine!
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Donald Trump once met Christian Bale and thought he was Bruce Wayne
Trump thinks Christian Bale is Batman. Everything's fine. Credit: mashable composite: Mark Wilson/getty images and Jon Kopaloff/getty images

Holy Donald Trump, Batman!

Apparently the president of the United States can't tell the difference between the actor Christian Bale and the fictional character Bruce Wayne. Everything's fine!

In an interview at the premiere of his new film Vice on Tuesday night, Bale was asked who he thought should play Donald Trump in a movie. Instead of answering, the actor recalled the awkward time he met Trump.

"He's a tall gentleman. I met him one time when filming on Batman in Trump Tower and he said, 'come on up to the office,'" Bale, who played Bruce Wayne aka Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy, explained.

Bale then jokingly said, "I think he thought I was Bruce Wayne, because I was dressed as Bruce Wayne. So he talked to me like I was Bruce Wayne and I just went along with it, really."

"It was quite entertaining," the actor said, noting he had no idea at that time Trump would even consider running for president one day.

Bale went on to burn Trump by referencing his very own possible alternate identity, "Individual-1."

After Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a sentencing recommendation memo for Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen, people began assuming the "Individual-1" mentioned within it was Trump.

"And this story is part of how we got to be here, with that 'Individual-1' being president," Bale concluded.

A beautiful trip down memory lane.

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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