I was reading a story in the Independent regarding Christian Bales agressive weight loss for the film Machinist. Apparently he went from 184lbs to 121lbs (that’s 83kg to 55kg).
Bale, the next Batman, admitted that losing weight became an obsession; he achieved his aim by reducing his food intake and exercising. He said: “I was also intrigued to see how far I could take it. I was told, if I got to 140/145lb that’s still fine. But I was intrigued by a perverse nature of mine just to see if I can go beyond what I’ve been told is actually safe and OK, and see if I could push the limits.”
Then the story continues with various groups speaking out against it and role models…blah, blah, blah. It does go on to talk about various actors and their weight losses for different roles, including the Method Man himself, Robert De Niro.
So? Well, what get’s me is the quote at the end, it’s a wonderful quote and I just had to share it:
Perhaps the last word should go to the late Laurence Oliver. On the set of Marathon Man, he was confronted with a haggard Dustin Hoffman, who had gone without food and sleep for two days to prepare for a particular scene.
The great thespian asked: “Hasn’t the dear boy heard of acting?”
Touch� Sir Olivier.
