Christian Charles Philip Bale (born January 30, 1974) is a famous English actor and film producer. He starred in many films of different genres - from arthouse to Hollywood blockbusters with a multi-million dollar budget. He gained worldwide fame after participating in the films "The Engineer", "Prestige", "Equilibrium", "Fighter", "American Psycho" and several other rating films. The greatest actor and commercial recognition received after the trilogy of films about the superhero Batman: “Batman: The Beginning”, “The Dark Knight”, “The Dark Knight: Revival of the Legend”.
First works and international recognition
For the first time in cinema, Bale appeared at the age of thirteen, when he starred in the film "Empire of the Sun" (1987) from director Steven Spielberg. In this film, Christian Bale played an English boy who was left without parents and ended up in a camp of Japanese invaders who occupied Shanghai. After the release of the film, many world critics and film experts praised the acting of the young Christian Bale.
In 2000, Bale again received "respect" from film critics, playing the main role in the film "American Psycho" from director Patrick Bateman. Here he played a serial killer who despises the laws of universal morality and value. According to critics, as well as the results of popular voting, this work is one of the three best for his entire career. Here Christian first showed what his body is capable of.
Christian Bale Body Transformation
Currently, Christian Bale is one of the best actors in modern Hollywood. Films with his participation are gaining incredible popularity, and box office can give odds to large financial companies. Bale has a fairly large track record of cool roles in rating films. High-class acting, piercing communication with the audience and striking lyceum originality bore fruit - Christian is an incredibly rich and eminent Hollywood actor. Do not forget about the supporting role in the movie "The Fighter", for which the actor received an Oscar. Christian Bale is a dedicated actor, ready to make any sacrifices for the sake of creativity. With each film, he surprises the viewer with his changed appearance. The transformations of Christine Bale’s body shock even world nutritionists in shock - he is either gaining or losing weight. Let's take a closer look at how an actor reincarnated for his roles in chronological order.
"American Psycho"
In this film, the actor achieved an impeccable body that even some athletes would envy. In order to achieve this form, Christian systematically practiced in the gym for four months (6 times a week for 3 hours). As a result, Bale achieved the fact that he became an eighty-kilogram handsome with a magnificent embossed body.
Two years later, Bale starred in the movie "The Power of Fire", for which he added a few pounds (83 kg). They gave him even more masculinity.
As a rule, Hollywood actors are very afraid to lose their excellent body shape. This allows them to act in a variety of films - brutal action films, melodramas (where you need to play a macho lover), comedies and love dramas. However, as readers have already guessed, Christian Bale is not one of those actors who are afraid to set serious tasks. It’s easy for this person to either gain a form or lose it. And he does it for the audience!
Transformation of the body of Christian Bale for the film "The Engineer"
The 2004 film “The Engineer” caused a real public outcry. In order to play the role of Trevor Reznik, the actor had to lose 30 kilograms. Christian Bale’s transformation (see photo below) shocked the audience, because his body was in a critical condition for life, he weighed 55 kilograms. Nevertheless, the actor found strength in order to play his role qualitatively and professionally. After Bale made many transformations and experiments on his body for his roles in various films.
Batman: The Beginning
In 2005, the world saw the movie "Batman: The Beginning", for which Christian returned his original splendor, he began to look like a superhero. Christian Bale's transformation was achieved through a carbohydrate diet and grueling workouts in the gym. The actor returned 26 kilograms, and then recovered another 5 kg.
"Saving Dawn"
If Christian is gaining weight, then soon what will need to be done? That's right, dump it! And so it happened in the film "Saving Dawn." In this picture, the transformation of Christian Bale again struck the whole world of cinema. In order to look more realistic in the picture, Bale again loses weight by 25 kilograms. According to the plot of the film, the protagonist, a participant in the Vietnam War, escapes from captivity and torture, wanders through the dense jungle for two weeks, eating all that is possible. Surprisingly, in the same film, Bale starred in fragments with an acceptable weight. Exactly the same trick was implemented in the movie “The Engineer”.
Experiments on the body in the films "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Fighter"
In 2008, there was a new physical transformation of Christian Bale. The actor, as before, easily returns 25 kilograms of weight, gaining a beautiful muscle relief.
In 2010, Christian won an Oscar for a supporting role by playing Dicky Eklund in the movie The Fighter. According to the plot, the main character in the past was a professional boxer, who over the years turned into a drug addict. Therefore, Bale needed an appropriate look, and he lost 20 kilograms.
Transformations in the films "Batman: Return of the Legend" and "From the Hell"
In 2012, the third Batman movie was released featuring Christian Bale. The actor again had to build muscle to look like a superhero. It seems to be nothing special, I had to just do a little workout in the hall, but in 2013 I had to lose everything again for the film “From the Ashes” to look like a skeleton.
