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An industrial worker who hasnt slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity. To play the emaciated insomniac trevor reznik in 2004s the machinist, bale lost around 60 pounds in just four months, bringing his total. And, yes, christian bale is exactly what your tour guide to hell would look like, so good luck sleeping. Bale has previously lost a considerable amount of weight to play a boxerturneddrug addict in the fighter.
Nov 11, 2019 dick cheney might have been the straw that broke the camels back. Lee, executive editor for radio free entertainment october 4, 2004 in the surreal thriller the machinist, actor christian bale american psycho, batman begins completely dedicates himself to his craft by losing over sixty pounds to portray trevor reznik, a blue collar worker whose one year bout with insomnia belies a haunted past. Christian bale wont transform his body for movie roles. As for the food, bale said his american psycho diet was the most restrictive of all the times hes set out to reshape his body. Christian began his acting career at the age of by starring in. Sep 21, 2018 bales past body transformations include getting down to an emaciated 120 lbs. Mar 19, 2018 but all thats a piece of cake compared to what christian bale had to go through for in preparation for the machinist the 2004 psychological thriller about trevor reznik, whose severe insomnia. See his dating history all girlfriends names, educational profile, personal favorites.
Christian bale on what it felt like to lose so much weight for his role in the machinist. Bale famously lost 63 pounds for this role, effectively cementing his status as the human. That dubious honor goes to christians role as an insomniac named trevor reznik in the 2004 film the machinist. With christian bale, jennifer jason leigh, aitana sanchezgijon, john sharian. His first weight loss routine episode was when he lost 63 pounds for the machinist. Christian bales most extreme transformation for the machinist, bale lost an astonishing 60 pounds to play the protagonist, a factory worker suffering from such severe insomnia that both his weight and his mental health begin to suffer. My christian bale diet an extreme weight loss plan. The christian bale transformation left all of hollywood and beyond with their jaws on the floor. The actor subsisted only on water, an apple, and one cup of. Nov 09, 2019 christian bale is no stranger to gaining and losing weight. Lost more than 60 pounds for 2004s the machinist, dropping his weight to 120. To be fit for trevor reznik character, christian bale needed to look drastically thin, so he had to lose a lot of weight, from 173 pounds to 110 pounds. Bale is no stranger to the dramatic weight change, yoyoing constantly over the years for roles in various films, from the machinist to the dark. For this role, christian weighed a whopping 120 pounds.
To lose the weight for the machinist, he ate a starvation diet of fewer than 500 calories a day for 4 months. He also packed on 43 pounds for his role in american hustle. Christian bale weight loss diet helps him to lose 63. He won a best supporting actor oscar for his role portraying dicky eklund in that film. Christian bale stunned audiences when he appeared 60 pounds lighter in the psychological thriller, the machinist, but a costar says the radical transformation wasnt originally in the script. Vice star christian bale has recently revealed that he can no longer put his. The film stars christian bale and features jennifer jason leigh, aitana sanchezgijon, john sharian, and michael ironside in supporting roles. Speaking to the guardian, bale explained that it wasnt the process of losing weight that was hardest but the effect that it had on him physically. The actor revealed his absurd methods to transform for vice, which involved adding over 40 pounds to his frame.
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