Christian Bale`s amazing weight loss

john8pies · Post by **john8pies** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:47 am

Anbybody seen Christian Bale (now Batman) in The Machinist?

He lost ONE THIRD of his body weight by reducing calorific intake till eventually he was down from approx 180 pounds (12st, 12lbs) to 120 pounds (8st, 8lbs) and he looks absolutely SKELETAL! Apparently at one stage he was surviving on just 1 apple and 1 cup of coffee a day `just to see how much he could lose!`

So now I know how to lose weight!!!

:wah: :wah: :wah:

turbonium · Post by **turbonium** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:20 pm

Yes, I saw it - I couldn't believe it was him! Man, he was creeeepy looking - I guess that was the whole idea for the role. He sure looked like a heroin junkie or Auschwitz internee. I guess that's a testament to his dedication to the art, like DeNiro with Raging Bull, except the other way!

pina · Post by **pina** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:52 pm

I watched something on TV about him losing weight, couldn't be good for him to lose that much but it didn't stop him taking a great role in the film.

Truly a great actor.

hotsauce · Post by **hotsauce** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:03 am

I haven't seen this yet. Is the movie any good? I think he is a great actor.

BuckTurgidson · Post by **BuckTurgidson** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:23 pm

Yes, Christian Bale is a corking actor. American Psycho is just too darn amusing....

'Here, there and everywhere...its hip, so hip, hip to be square'!!!!