Christian Bale has joked that he did "a lot of coke" to lose weight for "The Fighter."
The normally muscle-bound 36-year-old actor didn't quite reach the dramatic weight loss for "The Machinist" in his upcoming role as former drug addict Dicky Ecklund, but he is still a far cry from Batman.
"[I] was just running like crazy. I could run four hours on and I felt really healthy," Bale said of his regimen on set, according to latinoreview.com.
Based on a real-life former boxing champ from Boston, "Fighter" revolves around Dicky's relationship with his brother, Micky “Irish” Ward (Mark Wahlberg), whom he trains to embark on his own fighting career.
According to director David O. Russell, "Christian already had the weight off and was shaving the bald spot before we set foot into pre-production."
Bale is known for having an extremely disciplinary approach to his roles, having shocked audiences in 2003 by losing 63 pounds to play chronic insomniac Trevor Reznik in "The Machinist."
The normally muscle-bound 36-year-old actor didn't quite reach the dramatic weight loss for "The Machinist" in his upcoming role as former drug addict Dicky Ecklund, but he is still a far cry from Batman.
"[I] was just running like crazy. I could run four hours on and I felt really healthy," Bale said of his regimen on set, according to latinoreview.com.
Based on a real-life former boxing champ from Boston, "Fighter" revolves around Dicky's relationship with his brother, Micky “Irish” Ward (Mark Wahlberg), whom he trains to embark on his own fighting career.
According to director David O. Russell, "Christian already had the weight off and was shaving the bald spot before we set foot into pre-production."
Bale is known for having an extremely disciplinary approach to his roles, having shocked audiences in 2003 by losing 63 pounds to play chronic insomniac Trevor Reznik in "The Machinist."
The actor reportedly starved himself, taking supplements to maintain his vitamins and minerals, and did tons of exercise. In the end, the 6-foot actor dropped to around 122 pounds from his regular 185.
"I was intrigued by a perverse nature of mine just to see if I can go beyond what I've been told is actually safe and OK, and see if I could push the limits," he told BBC at the time.
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