The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news about films with major releases. Newsies From being known as a child actor in films like 1987s Empire of the Sun and 1992s Newsies to becoming Batman, Christian Balewho was born on January 30, 1974has enjoyed one of the most unpredictable careers in Hollywood. {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? He's appeared on over two dozen "Sopranos" episodes, acted in "Leatherheads," and even joined "Boardwalk Empire" in 2010. I can see why you feel that way. You've unlocked a core memory for me. And its not even close to as dumb as Terminator Salvation. You lucked out. WebHere are 15 things you never knew about Christian Bale. Why Christian Bale At one point, you were In college, I drunkenly convinced my frazzled roommate that she needed to let me sit up so I could do something really important and then proceeded to vomit into one of my rain boots. Bale took on his first Western with James Mangold's "3:10 to Yuma" opposite Russell Crowe. From insomniac to superhero, Bale will do just about anything for a role including risk his health. '", I won three Academy Awards within the course of three years and one Razzie. Harron found it odd Bale would continue getting ready for a film they didnt appear to be making. ", Bale has since starred in movies like "American Psycho" (2000) and "The Dark Knight" (2008) and has been nominated for four Academy Awards. His performance earned rave reviews, as well as a National Board of Review Award for Best Juvenile Performance, the first time the organization had given an award to a child actor. Since "Newsies," Casella has gone on to make an impressive resume for himself. For his half, Bale by no means meant to star in a musical. Dancing. Web974 votes, 166 comments. Moscow played David Jacobs, "a mouth with a brain" and a co-leader in the fictionalized strike against Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. Of course I had an immediate crush on him. But before Bale and director Mary Harron got to make the film, it looked as though it would instead be produced with Oliver Stone directing and Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role. Ele Keats was cast in the role, despite her lack of singing talent (which is why a planned Sarah song was cut). Ele Keats played Sarah, the love interest of Jack Kelly ( Christian Bale) in 1992's "Newsies." ", Since starring in "Newsies," Keats has had a number of small roles and has even guest-starred on shows like "CSI," "CSI: NY," and "Cold Case. Yeah, that Newsies. Things You Never Knew About Christian Bale In 1997, Bale told Movieline that he accepted the role without knowing it would be turned into a musical. He won the Oscar for best supporting actor in 2011 for his portrayal of Dick "Dicky" Eklund in "The Fighter. "Newsies" actress Ele Keats told Insider she was dating her costar Christian Bale during filming. You nail it. I didn't like the character and song changes in the play. I played video games in my entire growing-up years, he said in 2009. One of my favorites is Super Mario [Bros.]. 1. "We saw it in the theater, okay?," the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer said. And Im sure the person playing the character I played exceeded whatever I did, and congratulations to them.. ", "It's funny how there's this sort of thing with Christian where he wants to disassociate himself from this movie or something," Keats told Insider. When he realized what he had signed on for, he asked director Kenny Ortega if he could just duck over here into the pub when the singing started. Bale ate his way to a 43-pound weight gain for "American Hustle," one of the most critically-lauded films of the year, and one of the actor's most commercially successful outside the "Dark Knight" trilogy. Not all of Bales decisions as Batman went over well. In the film, "Don Knotts" (Mark David, a.k.a. 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"I certainly wouldnt have my daughter do anything like that because it becomes a necessity and, in that case, it killed itit actually killed my drive of acting because it became something I felt like I had to do, he told The Hollywood Reporter in 2011. You know, you cant enjoy something when youre actuallynot being forced to do it, but you feel that duty and obligation that if you dont a lot of people are going to suffer. Bale said that those experiences led to a love-hate thing with the profession that continues to this day. Bale's character was also the one person with the "touch of red.". Casella, Bale, and the rest of the principal cast of kids spent 10 weeks training in singing, dancing, gymnastics, and martial arts for the musical numbers. !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) ", He's also appeared in "Sleepless in Seattle," "Casper," "Scary Movie 4," and "Torchwood," among many others. But, according to Keats, "He threw his little heart and soul into it. Theres What Does Christian Bale Think of the Newsies Musical? But I wish them the best. Whereas Bale by no means meant to star in a musical, the actor is making a really intentional return to comedian e book motion pictures quickly. I prefer the movie because I watched it so much as a kid. And fairly doubtless, Disney. But I wish them the best. Press J to jump to the feed. WebDescribing his transformation as mentally calming, Bale claimed he had stopped working for a while because he did not come upon scripts that piqued his interest and that the film's Bonus note: though the rumor took on a life of its own on the internet, Bale did NOT audition to play Robin in "Batman Forever. s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', I was lying there in some scene in Batman and I started dribbling, he said. 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In 2000 he shed body fat and gain muscle to play Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. It ended up running there for two years. What Does Christian Bale Think of the Newsies Musical? Starring as publishing mogul Joseph Pulitzer in "Newsies," Robert Duvall was quite the villain in the musical. WebBale earned headlines for his attempt to visit with Chinese civil-rights activist Chen Guangcheng, which was blocked by the Chinese government. It was one of our first relationships that we'd ever had, you know?" The Razzie was for Newsies," Menken remembered. '", Keats said Ortega told her that "Passion relates on-screen. Christian Bale 15 Hot-Off-the-Press Facts About Newsies - Mental Floss And I dont know if youve noticed, but theres other people making the film now. And Id say, Mary, just stop being so negative. Were gonna do this. Everybody thought I was crazy, but it became a crusade for me., DiCaprio was talked out of doing the film by Gloria Steinem, who believedas did others in Hollywoodthat his fan base of teenage girls would be horrified to see him as the murderous Bateman. When I was 11 years old, I went to the grocery store with my mom. I think the greatest musicalswith the exception of South Parkthat have come out of American cinema in the last 10 or 20 years have all been Disney musicals. For over a decade, he's worked in a different neck of the entertainment industry as a media executive. Eventually I said, 'F**k it, let's just do it.' YOU'VE REACHED YOUR MONTHLY ARTICLE LIMIT. He lost 62 pounds (more than a third of his body weight) and earned highly positive reviews for both his performance and his commitment. Bonus note: Bale's character, John Preston, holds the third-highest body count in movie history with 118 kills. To write the music for the film, composer Alan Menken partnered with his old friend, lyricist Jack Feldman. You made Reign of Fire which IMDB describes as being about a brood of fire-breathing dragons emerging from the Earth and setting fire to everything. That is the premise of a movie you starred in. Until then Id truly thought I was the only 11 year old who wrote elaborate scenarios about sneaking into the Newsies flophouse and living out my own mini cross-dressing polyandry fantasy. Web"Newsies" actress Ele Keats told Insider she was dating her costar Christian Bale during filming. It was a Broadway musical? "Newsies" wouldn't be Bale's last Disney movie. Of course, the actor is perhaps most well known for his roles in "American Psycho," "Ford v Ferrari," and the "Batman" franchise though he has starred in several major movies since his "Newsies" days. .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{vertical-align:middle}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} In the 1992 movie musical, Bale played lead Jack Kelly and Keats played his on-screen love interest, Sarah Jacobs. He isnt American (nor is he English) Its a mistake people have commonly made, owing to his often playing Americans and decision to occasionally conduct interviews in an American accent (depending on the character), but Christian Bale is from the UK, not the US. Bale, once again, lost an extreme amount of his Batman weight for the role. But youve also had some of the most amazing performances in an actors career. That movie is officially a cult classic, dude! Bale's rant took place a few days after his arrest in London, where he was questioned and released by police after his mother, Jenny, and sister, Sharon, lodged a EW . By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. (And Other Random CelebritiesToo), 11 Actors Who Are Poised To Have A Monster2014. .c_dVyWK3BXRxSN3ULLJ_t{border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;height:34px;left:0;position:absolute;right:0;top:0}._1OQL3FCA9BfgI57ghHHgV3{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:start;justify-content:flex-start;margin-top:32px}._1OQL3FCA9BfgI57ghHHgV3 ._33jgwegeMTJ-FJaaHMeOjV{border-radius:9001px;height:32px;width:32px}._1OQL3FCA9BfgI57ghHHgV3 ._1wQQNkVR4qNpQCzA19X4B6{height:16px;margin-left:8px;width:200px}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:12px 0}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx ._29TSdL_ZMpyzfQ_bfdcBSc{-ms-flex:1;flex:1}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx .JEV9fXVlt_7DgH-zLepBH{height:18px;width:50px}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx ._3YCOmnWpGeRBW_Psd5WMPR{height:12px;margin-top:4px;width:60px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN{height:18px;margin-bottom:4px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN._2E9u5XvlGwlpnzki78vasG{width:230px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN.fDElwzn43eJToKzSCkejE{width:100%}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN._2kNB7LAYYqYdyS85f8pqfi{width:250px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN._1XmngqAPKZO_1lDBwcQrR7{width:120px}._3XbVvl-zJDbcDeEdSgxV4_{border-radius:4px;height:32px;margin-top:16px;width:100%}._2hgXdc8jVQaXYAXvnqEyED{animation:_3XkHjK4wMgxtjzC1TvoXrb 1.5s ease infinite;background:linear-gradient(90deg,var(--newCommunityTheme-field),var(--newCommunityTheme-inactive),var(--newCommunityTheme-field));background-size:200%}._1KWSZXqSM_BLhBzkPyJFGR{background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-sidebarWidgetBackgroundColor);border-radius:4px;padding:12px;position:relative;width:auto} Long before he was Christopher Nolan's Batman, Christian Bale made one of his earliest big-screen performances in Newsies, a musical based on the Newsboys Strike of 1899. He also lent his voice to Bagheera in 2019's "Mowgli.". It took me years to finally learn "That we got a ton of rotten fruit and perfect aim". Ele Keats had quite a bit of experience in Hollywood before landing the role of Sarah Jacobs in "Newsies. I find American Psycho to be very funny., 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. In fact, lets have a screening at my apartment. "Batman Begins" revived the Batman legacy, but "The Dark Knight" became a global phenomenon and established Bale as one of the biggest movie stars in the world. To place its launch into context, the movie hit theaters solely seven months earlier than Disneys animated basic Aladdin. Christian Bale .ehsOqYO6dxn_Pf9Dzwu37{margin-top:0;overflow:visible}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu{height:24px}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu{border-radius:2px}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu:focus,._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu:hover{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-navIconFaded10);outline:none}._38GxRFSqSC-Z2VLi5Xzkjy{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._2DO72U0b_6CUw3msKGrnnT{border-top:none;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);cursor:pointer;padding:8px 16px 8px 8px;text-transform:none}._2DO72U0b_6CUw3msKGrnnT:hover{background-color:#0079d3;border:none;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-body);fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-body)} We were babies and it's so sweet," she told Insider ahead of the film's 30th anniversary. Moscow appeared in 2017's "This Is Christmas" and "One Last Night" but he's mostly been focusing on behind-the-scenes work, having produced several films throughout the past few years. Menken and [Howard] Ashman were like gods to me, so I went to see Newsies There are some songs in there that aren't bad, actually. Christian Bale - Wikipedia Bale earned his first Oscar nomination and win for playing former boxer and drug addict Dickie Eklund in "The Fighter." 15 Things You Never Knew About Christian Bale - Eighties Kids Jack Kellys Dreams of Santa Fe - Midnite Romero Soc. Why? At 12, Bale beat out 4000 other young actors to land the starring role in Empire of the Sun, a World War II drama directed by Steven Spielberg. Newsies was the first film to shoot at the reconstructed New York City backlot at Universal Studios, which had been destroyed by a fire that caused $25 million worth of damage in November 1990. He's lent his voice to characters in "The Little Mermaid 2," "Dinosaur," and "Courage the Cowardly Dog." "Equilibrium" marked his first true action film performance, proving he could kick ass with the best of them. While it pains me to know that Bale isnt a big fan of the film he told Entertainment Weekly in 2012 when Newsies was premiering on Broadway that After Empire of the Sun, Bale made just one other film1989s Henry Vbefore being cast in 1992s Newsies, a Walt Disney musical based loosely on the true story of a newspaper boy strike in 1899. From the beginning of his career, Christian Bale has stood among the best actors of his generation. The NBC (and for 2 seasons ABC) comedy Scrubs has had a resurgence. His performance of a socially anxious man who is much more comfortable dealing with numbers instead of people took many by surprise. 1992. ._3oeM4kc-2-4z-A0RTQLg0I{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between} .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} ._3bX7W3J0lU78fp7cayvNxx{max-width:208px;text-align:center} Here, were taking a look at some of the lesser-known facts about his life and performances, including his preference to drool while playing Batman and his fondness for Super Mario Bros. Born in Pembrokeshire, Wales on January 30, 1974 to David and Jenny Bale, Christian Bale followed his older sister Louise into performing, appearing in commercials for fabric softener.
