Bale will miss dressing as Batman

BUFF IN RUBBER: Christian Bale as Batman.

Christian Bale says he will miss wearing his "f**kin' cool" Batman suit.

The actor is reprising his role as the Caped Crusader for the final time in upcoming movie The Dark Knight Rises.

Although the famous black costume could be uncomfortable at times, Bale has fond memories of the iconic outfit.

"For all the discomfort and the heat and the sweat and the headaches and everything from it, when you sit back and watch the movie at the end of the day, you go: 'Well, that's f**kin' cool.' I will miss that, I liked the good bit of rubber," he told Collider.com.

The 38-year-old hunk is also sporting longer hair in the new film.

Bale has explained that he was asked to grow his locks to show how his comic book character has evolved since the last movie, The Dark Knight.

"Yeah, a little," he admitted when asked if the longer hair has any significance.

"But we've always had to mess around... Every single movie that we've done for the Batman stuff has always had hair that we've had to be able to adapt to different looks throughout. So the longer you keep it the more you can do with it."

- Cover Media