Jul 15 2009Christian Bale Gains and Loses Weight Like Oprah! Remember When That Would Have Been a Joke?
Why does Christian Bale look like a crack addict? Oh, because he's playing crack addict former boxer Dickie Eklund, "The Pride of Lowell," in The Fighter. And as we learned from his 60-pound weight loss for The Machinist, when Christian Bale is asked to get himself gaunt and sickly, Christian Bale gets himself gaunt and sickly.
Making the transformation even more impressive, apparently his jeans in the above shot are the same jeans he wore in The Dark Knight, which the actor hand-stonewashed and will soon have to re-dye dark in just three months for another role that requires dark jeans again. The guy is tireless in his commitment to weight and pant accuracy.
More crack-head photos at Just Jared. Check out the close-ups to see how Bale somehow made himself go bald for the part also.
Reader Comments
1. Lolocaust - July 15, 2009 1:03 PM
lol
2. proteon - July 15, 2009 1:14 PM
Hey every actor of our generation takes it this far.
Right?
3. Pat - July 15, 2009 2:20 PM
Method acting that would put De Niro to shame.
4. Sithlord - July 15, 2009 2:23 PM
he definitely needs to juice up again before doing Batman 3. Cause a skinny Batman, even as skinny in The Dark Knight, is a no no.
5. Fuzzy Tingle Times - July 15, 2009 3:39 PM
I like your acid washed pants and bugle boy shirt.