the cast of David O. Russell’s Amsterdam. Bale and Washington play World War I veterans who befriend each other after serving together.
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Christian Bale says all actors get Leonardo DiCaprio’s sloppy seconds when it comes to leading roles. In a rare interview with GQ magazine, the “Amsterdam” actor said DiCaprio always has first dibs on Hollywood roles after writer Zach Baron noted that the “Don’t Look Up” star was cast ahead of Bale for his iconic role as Patrick Bateman in the 2000 horror thriller “American Psycho.” When Baron noted that DiCaprio had been cast ahead of him in “at least five roles” in the 1990s, including mega blockbuster “Titanic,” Bale responded: “It’s not just me.” “Any role that anybody gets, it’s only because he’s passed on it before hand. It doesn’t matter what anyone tells you.
It doesn’t matter how friendly you are with the directors. All those people that I’ve worked with multiple times, they all offered every one of those roles to him first,” Bale said. Bale commended DiCaprio for choosing his roles with discretion over the years. “Literally, he gets to choose everything he does.
And good for him, he’s phenomenal.” Bale has never been bitter about getting roles DiCaprio passed on, and told GQ he wouldn’t want the limelight DiCaprio has either.“Do you know how grateful I am to get any damn thing? I mean, I can’t do what he does. I wouldn’t want the exposure that he has either,” Bale said explaining that any actor his age in Hollywood has DiCaprio to thank for their gigs.“I would suspect that almost everybody of similar age to him in Hollywood owes their careers to him passing on whatever project it is.” The four-time Academy Award nominee was also candid about his humble beginnings, recalling a time during his early acting career when the house he was living in with his father and sister at the time was getting repossessed, a
.the cast of David O. Russell’s Amsterdam. Bale and Washington play World War I veterans who befriend each other after serving together.
“Amsterdam,” the new David O. Russell historical mystery, has enough mega-watt stars to power a midsized American city.The cast includes (but is not limited to) Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rami Malek, Chris Rock, Mike Myers, Zoe Saldaña, Timothy Olyphant and Matthias Schoenaerts. If there’s a lead in the movie, it’s Christian Bale, who developed the project with Russell and who stars as an injured veteran of World War I who is now looking to help his fellow wounded soldiers start their new lives in New York.
Christian Bale stars in David O. Russell’s “Amsterdam,” in theaters this weekend, the latest film of the actor’s illustrious career.
Christian Bale is opening up about playing “mediator” between Amy Adams and director David O. Russell while on the set of “American Hustle”.
Christian Bale’s career took a remarkable turn, thanks to Leonardo DiCaprio. According to the actor, his rise to fame came after DiCaprio declined to accept parts in important movies. “Look, to this day, any role that anybody gets, it’s only because he’s passed on it beforehand,” Bale jokingly told GQ in an interview.“It doesn’t matter what anyone tells you.
Christian Bale is opening up about playing «mediator» between Amy Adams and director David O. Russell while on the set of .During a wide-ranging interview with, the 48-year-old actor was asked about Russell being well-known for having difficult sets and how he responded to that kind of working environment. He said that, for starters, understanding the method to one's madness is paramount.«If I can have some sense of understanding of where it's coming from, then, I do tend to attempt to be a mediator,» he tells GQ.
“Amsterdam,” David O. Russell‘s first movie in seven years, hits theaters on Friday, and it’s his third team-up with Christian Bale.
Christian Bale has said he only has an acting career because Leonardo DiCaprio has rejected so many roles.The actor, known for starring in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and American Psycho, claimed DiCaprio was offered “every one” of the roles Bale’s taken before him, even from directors he’s worked with “multiple times”.Asked by GQ about the rumour that he lost at least five roles to DiCaprio in the 1990s, Bale said: “Oh, dude. It’s not just me. Look, to this day, any role that anybody gets, it’s only because he’s passed on it beforehand.“It doesn’t matter what anyone tells you.
Nine years after the Oscar-winning film "American Hustle" premiered, Christian Bale is speaking out about his role on and off-screen. During a recent interview, the "Batman Begins" actor revealed he played "mediator" behind the scenes between Amy Adams and director David O. Russell, as the two would often get into heated interactions.
Christian Bale has had a wide, varied career since his early breakout as a kid actor in Steven Spielberg‘s 1987 film “Empire Of The Sun.” But what performance of Bale’s do moviegoers find ubiquitous with the actor? For some, it’s his turn as deranged finance guy Patrick Bateman in Mary Harron‘s “American Psycho.” For others, it’s a more recent role, like Brit road racer Ken Miles in “Ford V.
Christian Bale says he only has a career because Leonardo DiCaprio has passed up so many film roles. The 48-year-old actor added “any role that anybody gets” is only because Leo, 47, doesn’t want them as he always gets first choice of Hollywood movie parts. Christian told the new issue of GQ magazine: “I would suspect that almost everybody of similar age to him in Hollywood owes their careers to him passing on whatever project it is.
Christian Bale is getting candid about how Hollywood actors only get offered roles in movies after star Leonardo DiCaprio turns them down. During a recent interview, the "Batman Begins" actor claimed most roles get offered to DiCaprio first and then become open to everyone else if he decides to pass on the offer. One example of Bale almost losing a role to his fellow actor includes "American Psycho." Bale said there were a few actors cast in the role before him, one of them being DiCaprio, but Bale never lost hope he would eventually be cast.
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