Robert Lowery was the second man to sport the black cape; Johnny Duncan played the tights-wearing Robin. It was almost twenty years before Batman returned to the silver screen.
This time he was played by Adam West — , who also starred in the television series Batman, which ran on ABC from through Like the cult TV series, the movie was a more comical light-hearted version of the original comic book characters.
It also featured Burt Ward — as Robin, and a gallery of villains, including the Joker and the Penguin. The project, however, floundered for years until executives finally tapped quirky American director Tim Burton — to take the reins.
Michael Keaton — was cast as Batman, which caused some controversy since he was mostly known for his comic roles in such movies as Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice When Batman was released in , all doubts disappeared.
The next three sequels in the series did not fare as well. In , Keaton reprised his role in Batman Returns, which was a moneymaker, but not a critical success. When Warner Brothers replaced Tim Burton with director Joel Schumacher — , Keaton declined to make a third go-round as the caped crusader.
Again, the movie did well at the box office, but fans and critics were disappointed by both the performances and the lack of story. In , when Batman and Robin was released, not even Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney — as Batman, could save the day. The film did miserably at the box office and Warner Brothers shelved the Batman series for almost a decade.
Bale read the script for The Machinist and was immediately drawn to the main character of Trevor Reznik, a lathe operator who is so guilt-ridden over a secret that he suffers from insomnia for over a year. According to Stephen Applebaum of The Independent, the actor felt that he could "throw himself into [the role] body and soul. Reznik is a haunted soul and the constant lack of sleep begins to take its toll on his body. To play such a tormented man, Bale wanted to lose weight, so he began running every day and started a diet regimen with the help of a nutritionist.
He was not satisfied with his weight loss, however, so he began to eat less and less. By the time he started filming, Bale was drinking one cup of coffee and eating an apple a day. He looked like a skeleton. He had lost more than 60 pounds and was weighing in at pounds. Critics were astonished by Bale's gaunt appearance. They were equally amazed by his stunning portrayal of Reznik, calling it precise and intense.
The praise Bale received for The Machinist were overshadowed by personal tragedy. In December of , the twenty-nine-year-old actor lost his father to cancer. The distraught Bale was not even sure he was emotionally capable of taking on another role, but as chance would have it, he was offered a script that again appealed to him personally.
And, again, he would have to put himself through another physical roller coaster. This time he needed to bulk up in order to play one of the most well-known superheroes of all time: Batman. Bale was not a comic-book fan, nor was he a particular fan of the previous Batman movies. In Nolan's hands, Batman Begins promised to be a more intense film, more faithful to the original character, and with a full exploration of how Bruce Wayne, Batman's alter ego, evolved into the cape-wearing crime fighter.
This included how the Batmobile came to be, how Bruce Wayne's parents died, and why Wayne is so close to his butler, Alfred, and his contact on the Gotham City police force, Lieutenant Gordon. Nolan pored over sixty-five years of comic books that featured the caped crusader and came up with a gritty story that fully focused on Batman as a tortured superhero.
Because of the demanding role, Nolan needed just the right actor. As he commented to Entertainment Weekly in , "Batman has no superpowers.
So everything that he achieves has to be credible, believable, that a normal man could do it. I think that puts an enormous burden on the performer.
Christian was able to deliver because he's just got an incredibly focused presence on screen. To prepare for his role, Bale, too, delved into the history of Batman, reading through various graphic novels, including Arkham Asylum and Dark Victory He also had to put on weight and go through intense physical training in order to endure acting in a rubber Batsuit for hours at a time.
The shoot, however, did have its perks, especially since Bale got to work with so many Bat gadgets. His favorite was the Batmobile, which was a twenty-first-century monster of a car. And as the star of a blockbuster, it was doubtful as to whether or not he could remain reclusive. Stephen Applebaum questioned the thirty-something actor about how he would react to the inevitable hype surrounding Batman Begins. But I have to wait and see. In , the peak of his acting career has arrived, with the first role in Batman trilogy which brought Chris Bale to the cohort of the Hollywood most successful actors of all times.
Bale is married and has 2 children. Age Calculator ». Famous Birthdays ». How old is Christian Bale? How old is Christian Bale in days now? When is the next birthday of Christian Bale? Christian Bale's next birthday is in 2 months 19 days. What is the zodiac sign of Christian Bale? Starting his career as a child, Bale emerged as one of the most versatile actors in the entertainment industry. It seems that performing is in his genes, with a mother who was a dancer and a clown and an older sister who was an actress.
Even his grandfather was in the business, working as a stunt double for John Wayne on the film Hatari! Bale was featured in his first commercial at age 9. Steven Spielberg then picked him from a group of 4, young actors for the part of Jim Graham in Empire of the Sun , a World War II drama about an English boy growing up in China who ends up in a Japanese internment camp.
Only 13 years old at the time, Bale found all of the attention unnerving; he was known to excuse himself from an interview to go to the bathroom and then simply leave the building. A few years later, Bale found himself in the musical Newsies He had signed on to the project about young people who sold newspapers on the street—called newsboys— before the musical numbers were added.
A box-office dud, the project ended up as one of the lowest-grossing films ever made by Walt Disney Pictures. He played Ryder's love interest, Theodore "Laurie" Laurence. He played Demetrius, a young man in love with Hermia Anna Friel , who does not return his affections and instead is in love with Lysander Dominic West. In turn, Demetrius is loved by Helena Calista Flockhart.
Craziness ensues when the four venture into a forest inhabited by fairies. Proving his range, Bale played a preppy s serial killer in American Psycho , based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis.
Bale physically transformed himself for the role, developing a chiseled physique to reflect his character's obsession with his own appearance. Often derided for its violence, the film nonetheless raised Bale's profile in Hollywood. He has stood by this controversial movie, telling Entertainment Weekly , "I don't understand anybody who can't find the humor. It's twisted and sick. But it's so ridiculous. Again working the character from outside in, Bale lost more than 60 pounds for 's The Machinist.
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