Christian Bale is on the cover of the June/July issue of DETAILS, on stands nationwide on June 3. He talks about Heath Ledger, panic over the bat suit, and self-destructing.

On Heath Ledger: “He was incredibly intense in his performance but incredibly mellow and laid-back. Certainly there was this great anarchistic streak to it-just getting dirtier than anybody’s envisioned the Joker before…Naturally it was something I wanted to share with him-and expected to do so. And I can’t do anything else but hope that it will be an absolutely appropriate celebration of his work.”