First Look: Christian Bale in The Fighter - Blu-ray Forum

GreenScar · 07-15-2009, 12:48 AM

The guys is loosing massive amounts of weight again. Check it out:

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David O. Russell’s The Fighter, the project he inherited from Darren Aronofsky, just started shooting and JustJared has the first shots of co-star Christian Bale on set. Mark Wahlberg plays the boxer “Irish” Micky Ward, who hails from Lowell, MA, where the film is shooting. Bale plays his half-brother Dicky Eklund, Ward’s sometime trainer and small-time criminal. JustJared’s headline (Christian Bale Looks Crack Cocaine Addicted) isn’t just a dig against his look for the film; Edlund was featured in the 1995 documentary High on Crack Street and has battled drug addiction for years.

I hate to think of the nutrition regimen Bale must follow to lose weight as he does for roles. We saw him slim down to an appalling degree for Brad Anderson’s The Machinist and again for Werner Herzog in Rescue Dawn. Bale’s one of those actors that seems able to just shed pounds like mad. He’s also been semi-shorn for this role, and it’s the dramatically thinned hair that really makes him look awful in these photos.

On the subject of The Fighter, The Playlist also reports that actress Allison Folland is now in the cast as Micky Ward’s ex-girlfriend. She’s been in To Die For, The Happening and won the Independent Spirit award for Best Actress for her role in All Over Me. The film follows the lives and boxing careers of junior welterweight Micky Ward and boxer/trainer/mentor Dicky Eklund; Melissa Leo plays the mother to the two men, and Amy Adams is on board as Micky’s bartender girlfriend. After gestating for quite some time with Aronofsky set to direct, it’s great to see this finally moving forward, even without him in the director’s chair. Really curious to see what David O. Russell does with the material.

Batman1980 · 07-15-2009, 12:51 AM

What kind of drugs is Bale on and why isn't he sharing? I keed, I keed.

newtype · 07-15-2009, 12:52 AM

That's got to be bad for your health to get that skinny twice.

Lord_Stewie · 07-15-2009, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolverine1980

What kind of drugs is Bale on and why isn't he sharing? I keed, I keed.

+1. it is amazing what celebrities go through before a project.

Irrob · 07-15-2009, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Gambit

That's got to be bad for your health to get that skinny twice.

three times

newtype · 07-15-2009, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Irrob

three times

What am I missing?

Irrob · 07-15-2009, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Gambit

What am I missing?

Machinist
Rescue Dawn
The Fighter

newtype · 07-15-2009, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Irrob

Machinist
Rescue Dawn
The Fighter

ah ok, I never saw Rescue Dawn. Thanks.

DigitalfreakNYC · 07-15-2009, 01:24 AM

Bale is creeping up on the "will die sooner than later" list with this weight shifting. I don't care what nutritionists he has working with him, it's got to be horrible on your system.

vegeta88 · 07-15-2009, 01:28 AM

Christian Bale-mighty morphing power actor!

He'll probably have a different accent for this one as well since he hasn't had the same accent twice (aside from the obvious sequel).

Looking foreward to this, even if he looks like a psychopath.

DigitalfreakNYC · 07-15-2009, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by vegeta88

He'll probably have a different accent for this one as well since he hasn't had the same accent twice (aside from the obvious sequel).

Really?

I heard the same "accent" in Terminator AND both Batman movies.

vegeta88 · 07-15-2009, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC

Really?

I heard the same "accent" in Terminator AND both Batman movies.

Slightly less gravel

Yeah, I forgot about that one. I read that factoid before Salvation came out.

I've not seen all of Christian Bale's movies but I haven't been let down by one yet so I am looking foreward to this film. Plus Mark Whalberg rocks IMO.

GreenScar · 07-15-2009, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by vegeta88

Slightly less gravel

Yeah, I forgot about that one. I read that factoid before Salvation came out.

I've not seen all of Christian Bale's movies but I haven't been let down by one yet so I am looking foreward to this film. Plus Mark Whalberg rocks IMO.

This definitely has some potential

Edawg72 · 07-15-2009, 05:01 AM

Bale doesn't forsee Batman 3 happening for awhile, so I guess he need not worry gaining muscle wt again.

tbizzle · 07-15-2009, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Edawg72

Bale doesn't forsee Batman 3 happening for awhile, so I guess he need not worry gaining muscle wt again.

Even if it does happen soon, he's such a committed, badass actor that he'll just get ripped in like 5 or 6 months anyways

Can't wait to see this, just watched Rescue Dawn again today and realized how much more I liked it with the second viewing. He's pretty good, and I love that he's been taking a lot of different roles

Porkchop Express · 07-15-2009, 11:54 AM

I honestly don't think Bale has looked the same since he did the Machinist. Maybe these movies gave him anorexic tendencies and he likes shrinking down for roles.

mikejet · 07-15-2009, 01:49 PM

Surprised he hasn't taken a role as a Meth addict. He sure can look like one.

uziel5000 · 07-15-2009, 02:10 PM

Who's the other guy in the pics? Dicky Eklund?

Mike53421 · 07-15-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tbizzle

Even if it does happen soon, he's such a committed, badass actor that he'll just get ripped in like 5 or 6 months anyways

Exactly, he went from the Machinist to Batman Begins and actually had to slim down at one point because he got too big.

Repeatedly doing that to your system can't be good though.

PH3AR · 07-15-2009, 02:19 PM

he dosent look healthy at all

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07-15-2009, 12:51 AM	#2
Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	What kind of drugs is Bale on and why isn't he sharing? I keed, I keed.

07-15-2009, 12:52 AM	#3
newtype Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Blu-ray collection:130 Trading Score:6	That's got to be bad for your health to get that skinny twice.

07-15-2009, 01:24 AM	#9
DigitalfreakNYC Banned Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Astoria, NY Trading Score:9	Bale is creeping up on the "will die sooner than later" list with this weight shifting. I don't care what nutritionists he has working with him, it's got to be horrible on your system.

07-15-2009, 01:28 AM	#10
vegeta88 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2007 Location:CA 4K collection:94 Blu-ray collection:666 DVD collection:116 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:1	Christian Bale-mighty morphing power actor! He'll probably have a different accent for this one as well since he hasn't had the same accent twice (aside from the obvious sequel). Looking foreward to this, even if he looks like a psychopath.

07-15-2009, 05:01 AM	#14
Edawg72 Senior Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:San Diego Blu-ray collection:1400 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:22	Bale doesn't forsee Batman 3 happening for awhile, so I guess he need not worry gaining muscle wt again.

07-15-2009, 11:54 AM	#16
Porkchop Express Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Detroit,MI Blu-ray collection:261 Blu-ray reviews:4	I honestly don't think Bale has looked the same since he did the Machinist. Maybe these movies gave him anorexic tendencies and he likes shrinking down for roles.

07-15-2009, 01:49 PM	#17
mikejet Banned Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Los Angeles, CA Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:29	Surprised he hasn't taken a role as a Meth addict. He sure can look like one.

07-15-2009, 02:10 PM	#18
uziel5000 Expert Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Vega Alta, Puerto Rico Blu-ray collection:103	Who's the other guy in the pics? Dicky Eklund?

07-15-2009, 02:19 PM	#20
PH3AR Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Dover, Pennsylvania PSN:WORKINtheCORNER Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray collection:325 Blu-ray reviews:2	he dosent look healthy at all

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