CHRISTIAN BALE - BALE MEDITATED FOR BATMAN

CHRISTIAN BALE had to practice meditation to put on BATMAN's batsuit - because he didn't want claustrophobia to cost him the role. The movie star admits he was terrified the first time he had to be encased in the iconic black bodysuit and he had to overcome his fears.
He explains, "I was standing on the back lot where they were creating the suit, and I had a few minutes to myself... just thinking, `This isn't going to work. I'm claustrophobic, I can't breathe, I'm getting a headache already, and this is all going to go very badly.'"
So Bale had to learn to relax and "breathe" as handlers strapped him into the batsuit.
He tells Details magazine, "I just said to myself, `Breathe deeply for a few minutes. Try this out. Don't run around yelling and making an ass of yourself trying to pull the whole thing off.'
"I wasn't going to get it off by myself. It takes three people. I just had flashes of what an asshole I would feel like saying, `Well, I wasn't able to play that character, because I panicked every time I got in the suit.'"