Someone buy Christian Bale a sandwich.
I remember hearing some concerns about whether Bale would be able to put on enough bulk to be convincing as Batman when he was first cast, which struck me as rather odd since he’s far from being a small man in either Reign of Fire or Equilibrium – the last two films I’d seen him in. It all makes sense now.
I just came across a trailer for The Machinist, a truly creepy looking little film that will be playing in the Midnight Madness program at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Most of the mood comes from the stellar film work and acting but I’d be lying if I didn’t say that a good chunk of it comes from the positively gaunt Bale. The physical transformation is shocking and I really, really hope that he was under a doctor’s care throughout this entire film because whatever he did to himself to drop so much weight cannot have been healthy. Seriously: I wouldn’t have recognized him if I hadn’t already known he was the lead in the film. Check the trailer out here.
