First Look: Christian Bale Is a Cavalry Captain in Scott Cooper’s ‘Hostiles’ Christian Bale: Reluctant Movie Star Talks ‘Furnace,’ ‘Hustle’ 9. “The Machinist” (2004) Bale famously dropped a scary amount of weight to play a man plagued by the edges of insanity, so haunted by his transgressions that he hasn’t slept in a year. read more
He's been Batman, Bateman, and battled Terminators -- and this weekend, Christian Bale battles Oscar Isaac for the love of Charlotte Le Bon in The Promise, a romantic drama set against the backdrop of the Armenian Genocide. read more