Baladev's posts with tag: christian bale
Posted by Baladev on Feb 18, '08 6:34 AM for everyone |  | Watch his movies 'The Machinist' and 'Rescue Dawn', he's amazing to watch.
Birth Name
Christian Charles Philip Bale
Date of Birth:
30 January 1974, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Trivia
Considered for the role of Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
He has an uncanny ear for accents - he has used a different accent for each of his films to date.
He replaced Leonardo DiCaprio for the film American Psycho (2000).
Dropped an amazing 63 pounds for his role as the emaciated insomniac Trevor Reznik in the film Maquinista, El (2004) with only a single vitamin consultation with a nutritionist to guide him. For the most part, he only ate salads and apples, chewed gum, smoked cigarettes, and drank nonfat lattes.
Although born and raised in Wales, his family is actually English.
Was good friends with actor Heath Ledger.
Personal Quotes
"An actor should never be larger than the film he's in." (Spin, March 96)
I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't know about the private lives of other actors, that leaves us as clean slates when it comes to playing characters. That's the point, they can create these other characters and I can believe them. I think if you're a good enough actor, that's the way to longevity in the film business. Keep everybody guessing.
I started my career without fans.
I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in and get a higher profile because of that. I like to think that as long as you continue choosing diverse roles, you can avoid becoming predictable.
On his transformation into Patrick Bateman for American Psycho (2000): "The character is so vain and obsessed with his looks. While the psychology of the character was something that I could perform, you can't fake the physicality. Being English, I tend to enjoy going down to the pub far more than going to the gym, so it was very unnatural for me. I just had to convince myself that I loved it, which was the most difficult thing about playing this part. Working out is incredibly boring. I swear its true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have. I found I had to stop thinking when I was in the gym because if I thought about it, I'd realize how ridiculous it was that I was pumping iron when I could've been out having a drink and a cigarette and enjoying some lunch. I did three hours a day for six weeks with a personal trainer and some time before that. I ate an awful lot during training and then almost nothing during filming."
I had spent weeks staring at the wall in my house out of depression because of things that had gone wrong and the choices I had made. When I read The Machinist, I just went, `Wow! This is perfect.' I was having dreams about the character and I couldn't stop thinking about it. I felt like this one was going to save my arse, and pull me out of the depressed state I had got into.
I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played- they're all really far from who I am.
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Posted by Baladev on Feb 11, '08 1:48 PM for everyone | Category: | Movies | | Genre: | Drama |
Plot Outline:
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillilnger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
Cast
Johnny Depp ... John Dillinger
Christian Bale ... Melvin Purvis
Director:
Michael Mann
Bale and Depp is certainly an interesting combination. Both great, but really different kinds of actors. It'd be interesting to see what this mixture throws up. They are my two favorite actors so it was already a bloody phantasmagorical amazing combination.
Posted by Baladev on Feb 11, '08 12:28 PM for everyone
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