CHRISTIAN BALE 8 Extreme BODY TRANSFORMATIONS

Amongst celebrities, Christian bale took his body transformation to the extreme for hit movies roles. Christian Bale has certainly tool his transformation to the extreme. The sacrifice he’s put his body through was to make the movies that he took part of more credible.

Christian Bale dramatically dieted for over four months prior to filming the The Machinist on 2004, as his character needed to look drastically thin. According to a biography of Bale written by his former assistant, his daily diet at this time consisted of “water, an apple and one cup of coffee per day, with the occasional whiskey” (approximately 55-260 calories).

According to the DVD commentary, he lost 62 pounds (28 kg), reducing his body mass to 120 pounds (54 kg). Bale wanted to go down to 99 pounds (45 kg), but the filmmakers would not let him due to health concerns. Or when he gained 40 lbs in American Hustle gorging on junk food.

For American Psycho Bale would workout six days a week to get as fit as possible to play killer perfectionist. Well, here’s the list and let us know what you think in the comment section.

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7. The Machinist (2004)

Bale has to shred 63 pounds for this movie.

6. Batman Begins (2005)

Christain weighing at about 120 lbs for his role in the movie The Machinist. Not long after, Bale had to bulk up to 220 lbs in just six months for his charactor as Batman.

5. The Dark Knight (2008)

Christian Bale Gets buff For ‘The Dark Knight’! Christian Bale looked awesome and was quiet convincing in his roles as both Bruce Wayne and Bruce’s alter ego, Batman. This movie has far more action scenes and required Bale to be not only buff and look lean for the casual topless scenes but also be a better athlete to make the actions sequences more credible.

4. The Fighter (2010)

To look like the real-life crack head Dicky Eklund, he lost 30 lbs. for the role. “I couldn’t go too far,” Bale added. “Because if I went too far, I’d be able to play the crackhead side, but then after jail, he got clean mentally and physically, and he’s always wiry, he’s always lean, but I had to be able to show that. So we needed makeup to help me out a great deal with that.”

3. American Psycho (2000)

Bulking up to play killer perfectionist Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. To achieve his sculpted physique, the actor worked with a personal trainer for three hours a day, six days a week.

2. American Hustle (2013)

Christain had endless amount of junk food – cheeseburgers in particular – gaining 40 lbs overall for his role in American Hustle.

1. Reign of Fire (2002)

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Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machinist
http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/package/article/0,,20768373_20773517,00.html
http://www.mtv.com/news/1654396/christian-bale-didnt-want-fighter-weight-loss-to-go-too-far/
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/dark_knight_training.htm