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Christian Bale's setting off all kinds of alarms again.
Filming of The Fighter is underway in Massachusetts, and we have a super spy on the set giving us some dee-lish deets. Seems the big three (Bale, Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams) were all on location at the retro-hip Olympia Restaurant, a frequent hang for past real-life fighters like Mickey Ward.
You remember that perfectionist Bale likes to do things as realistically as possible, right? He's slimmed down dangerously for parts before (like The Machinist), and now the emaciated actor's doing it again.
"[Christian] has lost almost as much weight as he did for The Machinist. He is so gaunt," blab our eyes, standing right next to the Batman star.
Christian plays Dickie Eklund, a former crack addict, so that explains why Bale is so skeletal all of a sudden. "They have even thinned his hair—he just looks sickly."
But Christian's bizarre behavior doesn't stop at his appearance...
Christian Bale Is Being All Method Actory Again
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Have you guys ever heard of what a Method actor Christian Bale is? Did you know he's the most Methody actor of all Method actors?
Of course you did, and he's got the rant (never 4get) to prove it.
Well, it appears he's trying a different method now. Rather than the beefed-up Bruce Wayne or the Xtreme!!!! John Connor, C.Bale's going full drug addict on us for his new role in David O. Russell's The Fighter. (Oh, can't wait for the rants that will leak from that set.)
Bale plays boxer turned trainer turned drug addict Dickie Eklund, for which he's obviously lost weight and muscle and hollowed up his cheeks—and then there's that lovely thinning hair.
We're not especially worried. This is just what Bale does, but the accompanying paparazzi agency's caption is super concerned:
Review: Public Enemies a Big Bust, Despite Depp
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Review in a Hurry: Johnny Depp and Christian Bale star in a karaoke version of a gangster epic. You'll recognize the melancholy tones, but the whole thing is off-key and forced.
Why Is Depp—Not Bale—on Public Enemies Posters?
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Johnny Depp is all over the posters for this Public Enemies movie. But Christian Bale is MIA. Shouldn't he be on the posters, too?
—Vanessa P.
Apparently when you have the option of showing Johnny Depp staring off into the middle distance and looking iconic, you don't need a second actor staring off into the middle distance and looking iconic. Not unless that second person carries the exact same, or better, commercial draw as Johnny Depp.
Christian Bale does not. You may think Bale does. You may want Bale to. But if that's the case, too bad for you. You're wrong.
How can I say with such certainty? Easy. Numbers. Look:
Are Bad Reps—Like Christian Bale's—Manufactured?
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Are there any celebs with bad reputations in the media who have good reps professionally? Are some bad reps manufactured?
—Allimuffin, via Twitter
You mean when Christian Bale told a crew member they we're f--king done professionally, did his publicist put him up to it to drum up ink for Terminator Salvation? Perhaps because Christian Bale is really a sweet lad who sings to the trees and bakes fresh huckleberry crisp for the mailman every summer?
No. I've interviewed Christian Bale. Christian Bale scares me. I highly doubt any knuckle-dragging Hollywood publicist could have coached Bale on that kind of radioactive behavior. Ditto with Javier Bardem, who may be innocent of murdering people with a bolt gun, and quite charming in magazines—but who also, according to friends in the industry, gets up and walk out of interviews when he hears a question he doesn't like.
But what about those stars who seem sweet but really aren't? Or vice versa? I've got a few of those stories, too...
Christian Bale: Thanks for the Rant Remixes
All right, so Terminator: Salvation is out today. Everyone get ready to hear even more about Christian Bale's F-word laced rant.
Like right now, because that's all his June GQ cover story is about. The mag was also kind enough to include some nice shots that will be just perfect for any future leaked rants that need some remixing.
Of course this all begs the question: Didn't he apologize for it already and clear it up at just about every press junket?
He did, but it doesn't matter—the Rant's forever. So take it away, C.Bale:
Review: Terminator Salvation Kickass, but Not Classic
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Review in a Hurry: Much to nobody's shock, director McG's new addition to the killer-robot franchise isn't as good as the first three. To the surprise of many, however, it's still pretty kickass—no new classic, but it's big and loud and mostly fun. Also, Christian Bale yells a lot.
Will Terminator's Christian Bale Curse Himself for Cursing?
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If Terminator Salvation doesn't hit $100 million by Memorial Day, don't blame Christian Bale's on-set rant.
"I doubt it will make a difference," profanity expert James V. O'Connor, author of Cuss Control: The Complete Book on How to Curb Your Cussing, said in an email. "If the media remind moviegoers [of the incident], that might even spark more interest in the film."
Now if only Bale's potty mouth can overcome Ben Stiller, Star Trek—and Salvation's bad reviews.
Terminator Scoop: Bale vs. Naked Schwarzenegger!
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The future of mankind comes down to a cockfight. Two of them, actually, or so the star and director of Terminator Salvation told reporters today.
In round one, franchise newcomer Christian Bale faces off against a totally nude Arnold Schwarzenegger, the original Terminator model. Kinda.
"I get a thrill out of seeing the scene where Connor faces off against the original T-800," Bale, who keeps his clothes on in the scene, told E! News. "I didn't meet [Schwarzenegger] on the set. He didn't have to expend one second of time."
So how'd they do it?
Bale Admits Going "Overboard" but Says Rant Shouldn't Have Been Leaked
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Christian Bale is still steamed at the Terminator Salvation crew. But now it's the sound guys, not the cinematography crew, who are the subject of his formidable ire.
Sure, the 35-year-old star admits to blowing his top on the infamous recording heard 'round the World Wide Web, saying he went "overboard" when he went off on the movie's director of photography for fiddling with the lights during an intense scene. But, Bale insists, the sound techs broke a sacred "trust" by leaking the recording of his rant and turning Bale into an Internet punch line.
"Hey listen, I did it, it’s in the public space. I take the consequences for it. I’m not hiding from that. I went overboard," Bale tells totalfilm.com.
"I’m not making any excuses, but there is an essential trust and it’s not a tacit one, which is every sound guy says, 'We are not only not recording, we are not even listening.' So, well, there goes that."
Christian Bale Suits Up for The Fighter
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Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg are not done professionally.
The Dark Knight has signed on to join Wahlberg in The Fighter, a years-in-development biopic following Boston's world lightweight champ "Irish" Mickey Ward.
Per Variety, Bale will step into the ring as Ward's trainer/half-brother Dicky Eklund, who was sentenced to serve a decade in state prison after a crime spree but who redeems his drug-addled life by helping his bro's career undergo a Rocky-like transformation.
Over the years, both Matt Damon and Brad Pitt had been attached to the role, but it's the Caped—and soon, Gloved—Crusader who will own the part when the film goes into production in July.
But Bale will also have an uphill battle if he's looking to hold on to his crown as most tempestuous crew member: David O. Russell directs the flick.
Rate-a-Trailer: Johnny Depp Sparks Banking Crisis
In the trailer for Public Enemies, Johnny Depp plays Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger while modeling fedoras, tommy guns and one of those little caterpillar mustaches that are only adorable on someone who already looks like Johnny Depp.
Aided and abetted in acting by Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard and Billy Crudup (who delivers his lines with an impressively old-fashioned newsreel voice), Depp's Robin Hood-style gangster makes unauthorized withdrawals from fat-cat bankers, wins the support of the working man and spends quality time with a gorgeous gun moll. Works for us.
Our only concern? The trailer seems weirdly contemporary with its thumping music and lack of period-piece gravitas you expect with movies about a bygone time. Do you have a problem with that—or would you pretty much watch Depp and Bale do anything together and be happy?
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