Christopher Nolan tension, big budget pressure, and why Warner Bros hated Christian Bale’s first scene as Batman
It took a while.
Christian Bale
When Jennifer Lawrence embraced the method by getting high on set: “Everyone was fucking with me”
Well, that’s one way to get an authentic performance.
Why Christian Bale turned down the chance to play James Bond: “Despicable”
He had a very specific gripe.
The Christian Bale movie shut down by the Chernobyl disaster: “We’re done, we have to leave”
Everybody off the set.
The director who called Christian Bale a comedy genius: “Physical comedy is such a skill”
“I fell off my chair – it was so funny.”
The movie Christian Bale starred in but knew absolutely nothing about: “He didn’t tell us”
Sounds like a fun set.
The movie star Christian Bale could never be: “I don’t believe in myself enough to do that”
On the shoulders of giants.
The only actor who beat Christopher Nolan’s security: “I’m not even sure how he got the script”
A puzzling security breach.