Christian Bale lost a tremendous amount of weight to portray his character in The Machinist. But after reading the script, he’d later find inspiration for his weight loss in late country music star ...

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Because Christian Bale was a child actor ... and stubbornness – all helped by a drastic weight-loss that mirrored the real-life Miles. It’s also an incredibly physical role and props to ...

He tried, but allegedly failed, to reach the weight needed to play the lead in Michael Mann's film about the legendary automaker. As we reported last year, Bale was to play Ferrari during a dark ...