The Dark Knight:Christian Bale feels he's not the right man for the job

Christian Bale is about to play Batman for a third -- and likely final -- time in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises," but the actor told Access Hollywood that the first time he tried on the iconic superhero suit he thought they had made a mistake casting him.

"I felt like they should recast. I really did because it was so claustrophobic that I didn't feel like I could breathe. I felt they've made a mistake and I can't do this," he told Access at the film's junket this weekend in Los Angeles.

The 38-year-old star explained that he was able to overcome his fear of the suit.

"I took some time and breathed deeply and asked to be left alone for 15, 20 minutes and just sat with it and eventually got used to it," he recalled, explaining that with each film, the suit design has been improved upon.