This is from superherohype.com - Interview 4
ComingSoon.net/SuperheroHype.com caught up with Christian Bale to talk about the new film:
Q: What weight are you right now?
Christian Bale: I've got no idea. I'm going to be doing a Werner Herzog movie and I kind of have to lose a bit of weight for
that. Just a little but, so I'm just starting to diet now. I'm usually about 185.
Q: Speaking of weight, you said when you lost a lot of weight for The Machinist you were very serene and calm. Once you
started eating food you got a little more antagonistic. How was your mood on this film when you started bulking up?
Bale: You do get a lot of nervous energy. I think putting weight on, unfortunately I had to put it on pretty fast, and it's
not very healthy doing that. That was when I felt bad. I did actually start to feel I was putting my body under too much
pressure because I put on 100 pounds in five months. You get big mood swings, but not such a bad thing when you're playing
this darker version of Batman.
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Q: But he doesn't seem as brooding, he can be light-hearted.
Bale: I think because he channels his rage so much into the Batman character and creating that as a creature and a kind of
monster that in a way its demonic therapy. His negative emotions can go into that character so that he is able to function
in his everyday life. He's a good actor. He performs most of the time. The only person who knows who he really is is Alfred.
With everybody else he's got some kind of façade and a wall that he's putting up whether it be as the wastrel playboy
character or the angry young man, but he's never really letting anybody inside at all. I like very much the relationship with
Alfred and him. It has it's duality because he's his servant, he's his butler, but also he's the closest thing he has to a
father figure and the only person who truly knows him. I think it's one of the most important parts of the movie.
Q: What was it like to work with so many giants of acting?
Bale: It was great as confirmation that this was a good way that we were going with the Batman story, that they were
attracted to being involved in it and to working with Chris Nolan. You work with good actors and you find that the scenes go
much easier. It makes working much easier. You become a better actor. I know everybody says it. It's true.
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