Christian Bale Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ
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Published 2022-10-05
Christian Bale will star in AMSTERDAM, in theaters October 7, 2022, and THE PALE BLUE EYE, premiering on Netflix on December 23, 2022.
00:00 Intro
00:25 Patrick Bateman, American Psycho
04:53 Bruce Wayne/Batman, The Dark Knight Trilogy
08:29 The Fighter
10:00 The Machinist
12:03 The Big Short
13:50 Dick Cheney, Vice
16:17 Empire of the Sun
19:01 Amsterdam
21:46 The Pale Blue Eye
Director - Graham Corrigan
Director of Photography - Brad Wickham
Editor - Graham Mooney
Talent - Christian Bale
Producer - Arielle Neblett
Associate Producer - Camille Ramos
Production Manager - James Pipitone
Production Coordinator - Jamal Colvin
Talent Booker - Dana Mathews
Camera Operators - Chris Alfonso and Matthew Dinneny
Audio - Rebecca O'Neill
Production Assistant - Kameryn Hamilton
Post Production Supervisor - Rachael Knight
Supervising Editor - Rob Lombardi
Post Production Coordinator - Ian Bryant
Assistant Editor - Andy Morell
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All Comments (21)
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It's amazing he gained 400 000 kg for his role as the sandworm in Dune. Mad respect
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It's crazy because Christian is so good that sometimes I even forget hes British because the American accent he has down is literally perfect.
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The way Christian Bale completely understands the satire of American Psycho is so refreshing cause often actors never comment on the actual message of their films, in fact they avoid it. Especially if it's a movie like that one.
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That story about him continuing to prepare for American Psycho despite other people being cast etc is amazing lool
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It's crazy how rare it is to hear his real voice.
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There are actors like Dwayne Johnson, who is Dwayne Johnson in every movie, and then there are actors like Christian Bale, who becomes the character in every movie. This is the type of actor I admire and respect.
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Just met Christian Bale today. He is extremely humble and he’s a great tipper
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"Why bother pretending to be uncomfortable? Just be uncomfortable." Great line.
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Christian Bale‘s physical and psychological dedication to depict his characters as convincing as possible makes him one of the greatest movie stars ever
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Christian Bale's Batman is my absolute favorite.
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The back story behind American Psycho is like so many other incredible films that have been made where they shouldn’t have been made but somehow someway it came to be the exact way it was meant. Beautiful
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Now let's see Paul Allen breaks down his most iconic characters
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Christian Bale himself is an iconic character. He’ll definitely go down in history as one of the all time greats.
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His role as Laurie in Little Women needs more mentions! 🤍
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Christian really showed up to that alley with that "lets see Paul Allens cerebral cortex" energy
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He is definitely one of the best actors to ever grace the film industry.
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He’s an absolute chameleon. The fact that he can morph his body and voice and make it seem effortless is a joy to watch. Even when he’s in a bad film, he’s not one of the reasons it’s bad.
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Truly one of the greatest actors ever. Dude is fantastic in all his roles Alfred Borden in The Prestigues would always be my favorite Bale performances. He was glorious on that one
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His knowledge and understanding of movies and who he is as an actor is really respectable to the fact he’s willing to be that committed
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The fact he played a character as iconic as Batman not once but THREE TIMES, and he is still known for so many other roles is just unbelievable. Christian is really one of the most talented and most adaptable actors ever.