It’s Monday afternoon and Christian Bale, god of acting, is on the phone from his Los Angeles home, where he’s “doing s— around the house,” he says quite matter-of-factly. “I’m a dad, so lots of unexpected running around and all of that,” says the Oscar winner and father of two, his thick Welsh accent as hearty as the laughter which frequently breaks up his sentences. As intense or intimidating as you might think he’d be, he’s a conversational, engaging, easy chat. Bale says he’s recently found himself immersed in the world of manga art — not for a role, but because one of his children is dabb…