8 Little Known Sacrifices Christian Bale Made To Make Nolan’s Batman Awesome
5. He Changed His Body Shape (Too Much)
Everyone knows Christian Bale has made a habit of completely redefining his body shape for roles. In the space of five years he went from Dark Knight bulk to junkie malnourishment for The Fighter, then back to Batman before putting on a more belly focused bulk for American Hustle.
But no switch is more impressive than that he initially made for Batman Begins. Coming off The Machinist, with his permanently on-show ribs having made even the fittest viewer feel overweight, he had a quick turnaround to give him the heft necessary to save Gotham. Unfazed, Bale put on the muscle, only to arrive on set to (friendly) jeers of Fatman; in an unbelievable turn of events hed managed to put on too much weight. And thus in the lesser known side to his body changing ordeal, he had to quickly lose a chunk of weight before the film started shooting.
Even though you expect getting in shape to that level to be a gruelling physical test, that's extreme.