7 Movies That Christian Bale Completely Changed His Body For
2. Dicky Eklund The Fighter
After sticking with his relatively muscle physique as seen in films such as The Dark Knight and Terminator: Salvation, Bale decided it was once again time to drag his body through hunger hell. Were jumping forward in time to 2010, to a role that may just be Christian Bales craziest from both a physical standpoint and acting chops. He didnt just drop an unhealthy amount of weight to portray Dicky Eklund a character based on true events- but genuinely looked like a strung out crack addict that would toss his own family under a bus for his next fix. While watching The Fighter its actually easy to be put off by Bales delivery and mannerisms, assuming hes over-acting the hell out of the role, but nope, the credits distinctly reveal that Bale just nailed the real life Dicky Eklund to a tee. Oscar win much deserved I say. Following The Fighter, Christian Bale would juice himself up yet again to don Batmans cowl one final time for The Dark Knight Rises.
