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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.
Oct 10, 2014 · In a recent interview, Christian’s co-star Michael Ironside said the actor’s radical 60-pound weight loss was the result of a simple typo.
Nov 22, 2004 · To lose 63 pounds, Christian Bale stopped eating and kept on moving. Normally weighing in at 185 pounds, the actor adhered to a fairly uncomplicated weight-loss regimen for the movie “The ...
Sep 3, 2023 · Christian Bale lost a whole four stone to play the role in the 2004 psychological-thriller Jess Battison Warning: Contains images some may find unsettling and discussion of extreme weight loss.
Oct 8, 2022 · A TikTok user took on the brutal diet Christian Bale followed to drastically drop weight for his role in The Machinist.
Christian Bale revealed that he lived on a diet of just 200 calories a day while preparing for his role in 2005 thriller The Machinist. Image: Paramount.
Feb 1, 2024 · According to his former publicist and assistant Harrison Cheng, Bale’s diet for The Machinist consisted of “water, an apple, and one cup of coffee per day, with the occasional whiskey”. This resulted in him dropping 62 pounds in total.
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.
Jan 4, 2018 · The impact was certainly felt on Bale’s own body as he lost a dramatic amount of weight. Speaking with The Guardian to promote his new film Hostiles, Bale spoke candidly about the impact that such dramatic weight loss had on his psyche and physicality.
Feb 10, 2020 · For The Machinist, Bale lost an astonishing 60 pounds to play the protagonist, a factory worker suffering from such severe insomnia that both his weight and his mental health begin to suffer. In order to lose that much weight in a relatively short period of time, Bale fasted in an extreme manner.
