Has anyone seen the Machinist with Christian Bale?

I bring up the movie, because i'm watching it and its a good movie, but Christian Bale is really really really thin



"Christian Bale starved himself for over 4 months prior to filming, as his character needed to look drastically thin. Allegedly his eating consisted of one can of tuna and an apple each day (approximately 275 calories), although there are conflicting reports on this. According to the DVD commentary, he lost 62 pounds (28 kg), reducing his body weight to 120 pounds (54.4 kg). Bale wanted to go down to 100 pounds (45.3 kg) but the filmmakers would not let him due to health concerns. He later regained the weight, plus an additional 40 pounds (18 kg) due to weightlifting, in preparation for his role in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins."

Thats pretty insane right there, didn't realize people went to that kind of extreme just for a movie.

That's creepy.

Especially 'cause of the whole gaining back 100 lbs in 5 months for Batman Begins. You can't tell me something strange isn't going on there.

Only 60. I'm pretty sure it was 100... didn't he gain back 40 lbs on top of the 60 he lost? Either way, that's a lot of weight to be losing and/or gaining in so short a time.

And "just to see if I could" is sort of a strange thing to say about it. Nothing against him, though. I'm actually a pretty big fan myself. I loved Equilibrium. It's a little worrying given what little I know of his personality and history, is all.

He looks like my boyfriend!

I didn't say that he did it for fun, but I do remember him saying that he pushed down to that weight because he could rather than because it was necessary. Not sure if that would be a case of the producers misrepresenting what they had said to him or what.

Honestly, I thought it was overdone. I had a hard time even watching The Machinist because I felt like his bones were going to shred his skin and/or cause him to explode in a spray of human shrapnel at any moment. I realize this was part of the character, to an extent, but yeah, bit excessive.

That (Bale in Batman Begins) didn't look like 180 lbs on a 6' frame to me. Then again, it doesn't look like 220, either. I guess I shouldn't have said "pretty sure".

P.S. 3:10 to Yuma rocked. Saw it a few days ago.

What's the machinist about anyways?

Yea, im a huge Christian Bale fan myself. I loved American Psycho, Equiilbrium, and Batman Begins. Where did you see these interviews of him talking about it?
"Trevor Reznik, a quiet and reserved loner who works as a machinist, is wasting away from lack of food and sleep deprivation leaving him gaunt and fatigued. After a year of suffering from severe insomnia, he is involved in an accident at the workplace that leaves a co-worker seriously injured. What follows is a dark descent into paranoia, as Trevor's downward spiral leaves him obsessed with finding out the meaning behind the strange and bizarre occurrences taking place around him. "

Sounds good! Was it good?

Yeah it was good, but creepy. The whole time i felt like giving him a hamburger

I like Bale too, I wanna see this movie...

It was an interesting movie. And props to Bale for having the discipline to go down and up in weight like that for a role, when some people won't lost 10lbs just to be healthy.

I do think they shot his half naked shots all in a few days at his thinnest. I'd swear you can see some loss in continuity during the movie as his face looks less emaciated in some scenes compared to the topless shots of him at home.

Still...that had to be rough. You'd be so tired and cranky.

Was this just shot before or after American psycho? Because I remember in American Psycho he had a very nice lean, muscular physique. And that would have sucked to throw it all away. Whats his physique like nowadays anyway?

American Psycho was released in 2000, and Machinist is 2004, so there was a gap there.

He didn't look too bad in Batman Begins though. I bet he looks real good in the Dark Knight that's coming out.

I can't wait for that movie!

Apparently in the new batman "The dark Knight" he is more ripped than last time. Which figures as Batmans schedule is hectic to say the least :P