Christian Bale, the star of the new Batman sequel The Dark Knight, is featured on the cover and in the pages of the newspaper supplement Parade magazine. In his coverstory, Christian talks about his role as a superhero, the infamously tight and uncomfortable Batsuit, his role in the latest Terminator movie and more. Here is Christian‘s coverphoto and a few (I feel incumbent to add odd-looking and seemingly totally out of place) outtakes from Parade.com:

In this week’s issue of PARADE, Christian Bale talks to Jeanne Wolf about parenting, privacy and “kindred spirit” Heath Ledger … Christian Bale has had the talent and the luck to play a wide range of characters, both lovable and unfathomably despicable. The Dark Knight, the follow-up to the hugely successful Batman Begins, is his first sequel, and he surprised himself when he felt such enthusiasm to reprise his role as Gotham’s protector …