He wasn’t thanking Satan. Or rather he was calling Dick Cheney Satan and crediting Cheney for his inspiration. Not much better but not worshipping the devil
I agree, he wasn’t thanking satan, just saying thats who he was emoting for the part. It was a slam against dick Cheney for being like satan to mr. bale. IOW he’s a lefty. and heath ledger was the only thing to watch in his 1st batman flick and the last one I ever saw.