Christian Bale

The Oscar-winning actor, 48, shot three different films in 2021, including David O Russell's Amsterdam, but has not been on a set in months. Asked whether he ...

So I had to, much as I would’ve loved to have kept on chatting and talking.” “I cannot laugh and swim at the same time. “So I went to him. I went, ‘Mate, I got to keep my distance.’ Have you tried swimming and laughing at the same time? “I like doing things that have nothing to do with film. “Can you differentiate one day from the next?

Christian Bale confirmed to GQ that he stepped in on Amy Adams' behalf when she clashed with director David O. Russell on the set of 'American Hustle.'

[video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SG43wa7Alo) from the set of “I Heart Huckabees” showed Russell arguing with star Lily Tomlin, who complained of a “barrage of changes,” and kicking props while yelling profanities at Tomlin. “They are f— phenomenal,” he said of the director and his former co-star. [told British GQ](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/amy-adams-pay-gap-jennifer-lawrence-sony) that the Oscar-nominated “Silver Linings Playbook” director made her cry during her time on “American Hustle.” In addition to her conflict with Russell, Adams said she learned through an [email hack at Sony](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-sony-reporters-hacked-emails-20141216-story.html) that she was being paid less than her male co-stars, including Bale. “Also, you got to remember, it was the nature of the character as well. Russell goes to war in ‘Amsterdam,’ but this historical farce Nether comes together](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-10-05/amsterdam-review-bale-robbie-russell) There’s gotta be a way of making this all work.’”

Christian Bale spent decades pretending to not be himself. Now, at 47, one of the world's greatest actors speaks with rare candor about navigating a career ...

Part of it, he says, is that he thinks that if people actually know him it will ruin whatever he’s trying to do as an actor; part of it, I think, is that he’s just genuinely not all that interested in the subject. And then at the end of the year he has a 19th-century murder mystery he shot with another frequent collaborator, the director Scott Cooper, called The Pale Blue Eye. [He’s wearing](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/christian-bale-trawlerman-style-gq-2022) a dark, shapeless [T-shirt](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/best-t-shirts-men) and dark, shapeless trousers and has enough of [a beard going that he could play a Civil War general](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/grooming/article/christian-bale-beard). He will seek out other things you’ve written and ask you detailed questions about them, all in the hopes of not talking about himself. His accent is nominally Welsh, the voice more musical and mischievous than it tends to be on screen, and in that voice he will ask you if you have children. Bale resists self-reflection, but it’s not hard to see that kid in him still: drawn to extremes, transfixed by reinvention, motivated by fixing what happened to his family, and ambivalent about what he had to do and what he had to sacrifice in order to take care of the people he loved.

He confirmed in the new issue of GQ he stepped in between his co-star in the 2013 crime thriller, actress Amy Adams, 48, and its 64-year-old director David O ...

“Then why the f*** are you walking right through? “You are trashing my scene! What the f*** is it with you?

'Can you differentiate one day from the next? No. Absolutely not,' said Gorr actor.

Have tunnel vision about what you’re doing, not think about the effect you’re having.” [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) Even if I play a lead, I pretend I’m playing like, you know, the fourth, fifth character down, because you get more freedom. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. But you’re on Stage Seven.’ ‘Which one is that?’ ‘The blue one.’ I was like, ‘Uh, where?’” “Can you differentiate one day from the next? I couldn’t even differentiate one stage from the next. You’ve got other actors who are far more experienced at it than me. “I also don’t really think about the overall effect that [a character’s] going to have. “You don’t get the good parts. “You’ve got good people. [Thor: Love and Thunder, ](/topic/thor-love-and-thunder)opposite [Chris Hemsworth](/topic/chris-hemsworth) and [Tessa Thompson](/topic/tessa-thompson).

In a new interview 'American Psycho' star, Christian Bale revealed that he made less than the makeup artists on the now iconic film. Read here/

And I had a house that I was sharing with my dad and my sister and that was getting repossessed. It doesn’t matter how friendly you are with the directors. I’ve got to get a bit of money,’ because I’ve got ‘American Psycho’ done, but I remember one time sitting in the makeup trailer and the makeup artists were laughing at me because I was getting paid less than any of them. Today, with the pleasure of hindsight, this seems almost inconceivable due to the flick’s legendary status in popular culture. “I was prepping for it when other people were playing the part. [Christian Bale](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/tags/christian-bale/) has enjoyed a fine career, to say the least.

Adams claimed in 2016 that the director made her cry 'most days' and that she was 'devastated' on set.

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The Oscar-winning star joined the MCU earlier this year when he played the villainous Gorr in the Thor film Love And Thunder. Advertisement. However ...

‘The blue one’. I couldn’t even differentiate one stage from the next. “Can you differentiate one day from the next? “That’s the first time I’ve done that. You’ve got other actors who are far more experienced at it than me. Well, it’s like, ‘Which one is that?’.