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Oct 20, 2023 · Christian Bale has undergone extreme physical transformations for his movie roles, gaining and losing significant amounts of weight to portray different characters. This includes massive muscle gain to play Batman and drastic weight loss for films like The Machinist.
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Nov 15, 2019 · To play the emaciated insomniac Trevor Reznik in 2004's The Machinist, Bale lost around 60 pounds in just four months, bringing his total weight down to 120 pounds at the start of filming.
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Feb 20, 2024 · From losing over 60 pounds for his harrowing role in The Machinist, to gaining 40 pounds to play Dick Chaney in Vice, Bale has consistently put his body through the ringer to transform for a...
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- The Machinist (2004) Take, for instance, this 2004 psychological thriller. The film places Bale in the role of Trevor Reznik, a machinist who’s chronic insomnia leads him to become frighteningly emaciated.
- The Batman films (2005, 2008, 2012) Bale pivoted from his bony, waifish appearance in The Machinist into the Dark Knight in just over a year. Christopher Nolan’s Batman was, predictably, expected to be bulky and muscular, and — despite the state of his body mere months beforehand — Bale pulled it off.
- The Fighter (2010) Nestled in between The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, the second and third Bale-helmed Batman films, Bale appeared in 2010’s The Fighter.
- American Hustle (2013) A year after he appeared in the conclusion of Nolan’s Batman trilogy, Bale packed on weight to portray con artist Irving Rosenfeld in David O. Russell’s American Hustle.
Oct 7, 2022 · Christian Bale has opened up about the reason he lost such a drastic amount of weight and how his sleep pattern altered for The Machinist.
Dec 3, 2004 · The producers of the film claim that Christian Bale dropped from about 173 pounds in weight down to about 110 pounds in weight to make this film. They also claim that Bale actually wanted to drop down to 100 pounds, but that they would not let him go below 120 out of fear that his health could be in too much danger if he did.
Nov 8, 2019 · Christian Bale had over 40 pounds to lose in order to fit into the small cars used in his new film 'Ford vs. Ferrari.'. Here's how he did it.
