Christian Bale Walks a Thin Line

Christian Bale is now frail.

Christian Bale
The 35-year-old -- who famously dropped 63 lbs for his role in "The Machinist" and then quickly bulked up for "Batman Begins" -- was spotted in Boston on Monday, once again working the heroin chic gaunt look to play drug addicted boxer Dicky Eklund in his latest film.

Hopefully an apple a day keeps the cinematographer away ... from walking into his scene.



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46. I told him that Meth would work the best... I'm glad he took my advice.

Posted at 7:39PM on Jul 14th 2009 by Daytona

47. How stupid. There is a fine line between acting and method acting. If you starve yourself to play a starving person you are not really acting. What is next he plays a woman and chops off his own ....?

Posted at 7:53PM on Jul 14th 2009 by Buster

48. looks like hes playing the part of dead man walking

Posted at 8:20PM on Jul 14th 2009 by hamilTonyan

49. He's a great actor. The low-life morons that run him down on this "chatter box of losers" show just how ignorant they really are. Perhaps they should get out of the trailer every once and awhile. Maybe they can get that job at McDonalds sometime soon.

Posted at 10:21PM on Jul 14th 2009 by Truth Detective

50. He looks so weirdly thin. hmm what's happening?

Posted at 2:20PM on Jul 15th 2009 by Mikes Sumondong

51. i am straying from tmz due to all the michael jackson updates. yes he is dead. we all will be too. im sorry its a very unknown time we will encounter, but come on now! yeah painkillers killed him. why all the updates? are there such true fans out there where they need to know every single detail? ok, debbie rowe, continue being the brainwashed robot you were for michael...

whatever!

now, this guy is skinny again? i wonder how all this weight loss affects his health? ah for the love of acting!

Posted at 10:38PM on Jul 14th 2009 by im drunk!

52. what the hell...dude, stop fluxuating your weight...It's annoying to fat people and it's hard to take you seriously as batman....funny comment btw #3

Posted at 10:54PM on Jul 14th 2009 by Katie

53. the machinist was the scariest movie I have ever seen.
I hate the way this guy talks.
he was frightening as hell on american psycho.
if you eat only a can of tuna and an apple a day for more a few days you could just die.

Posted at 11:03PM on Jul 14th 2009 by tete

54. He can't do an American accent. No, Christian, mumbling or growling while talking without moving your lips does not equal "American." As for his yo-yo weight, I hope I live long enough to see the day when his kidneys fail and he suffers irreparable cardiac damage before ballooning to three hundred pounds and getting stuck there. Dropping it and then packing it back on is about THE most unhealthy thing you can do to your body. Thanks so much, Mr. Bale, for being not only a model for male anorexia but for the soul-destroying diet industry in general.

Posted at 11:51PM on Jul 14th 2009 by Nemo

55. That weight loss/gain is fu.ck.in.g distracting...

Posted at 11:56PM on Jul 14th 2009 by snickers

56. Drugs are fun when you are young, but drug abuse catches up with you. Ask Michael Jackson, oh? that's right you can't ask Michael Jackson, because he is DEAD!

Posted at 12:22AM on Jul 15th 2009 by manequalsdog

57. Holy crap, he looks so much like Peter Greene (The Mask, Pulp Fiction)

Posted at 12:44AM on Jul 15th 2009 by Brody

58. All you Christian Bale haters why do you feel it necessary to comment on him- I didnt realise his rant etc would annoy so many people! Build a bridge and get over it!

As for whether he is a good actor or not isnt that down to peoples personal opinion not everyone has to like the same thing otherwise the world would be a boring place.

Posted at 2:06AM on Jul 15th 2009 by machinist

59. He looks like the retarded guy in my neighborhood, he walks around all day with a taco bell cup and that goofy look on his face.

Posted at 5:06AM on Jul 15th 2009 by KDUBBLL

60. A FINE ACTOR WITH A BAD TEMPER. BOX OFFICE RECIETS TRUMP BAD MANNERS SO HE WILL BE AROUND AWHILE. JOE CAPRIO/CITYLIFEPRODUCTIONS

Posted at 7:58AM on Jul 15th 2009 by joe capriocitylifeproductions

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