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This summer Christian Bale will become a mega-star as the new caped crusader in Batman Begins. By all accounts Christian got so hot and steamy in the batsuit that the costume designers installed it with 'plumbing' and now cold water can be pumped through the suit to help keep him cool.
Totty Watch would like to know just how sweaty Christian can get and would be more than happy to give him a rub down in a relaxing, cold shower. Incidentally, we wouldn’t mind being the cause for working up the sweat either! We’re used to keeping it hot and steamy…
Name
Christian Charles Phillip Bale
Vitals
Born 30 January 1974 in Wales
Famous For
Acting's in Christian's blood. His great uncle and both his grandfathers were actors with one of them doubling up for John Wayne in two movies. His mother was a circus clown and a dancer, while and his sister is a theatre director. Plus he's a distant cousin of Lily Langtree! Now there’s pedigree.
It’s therefore unsurprising that he won an award for Outstanding Juvenile Performance playing the 12-year old boy separated from his parents and carted off to a concentration camp during WWII in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun Yes, that cute kid was our Bale.
Where so many before him have fallen, Christian made an effortless transition from child actor to adult star. He played a gay, glam rock fan alongside Ewan McGregor and Jonathon Rhys-Meyers in Velvet Goldmine, a dragon-slayer in the mildly homoerotic Reign of Fire, opposite Matthew McConaughey, and acquired a taste for torture and Phil Collins records in American Psycho. One and the same if you ask me.
Christian doesn't believe in pigeonholing himself and he's always up for an acting challenge. He once said, "An actor should never be larger than the film he's in." He certainly adopted that philosophy for The Machinist losing 55lbs to play the part of the emaciated insomniac Trevor Reznik. Talk about method in your madness!
Straight after The Machinist he was stuffing down the burgers and pumping iron to play Bruce Wayne in Christopher Memento Nolan's re-working of the Marvel comic hero.
"Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it's true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have." Well, that's telling all you Muscle Marys out there.
Worth Knowing
His father married feminist icon Gloria Steinem in 2000.
One fan has baked him a birthday cake for six years running.
He beat Ben Affleck for the lead role in Batman Begins.
A mad animal lover, Christian he has two dogs and three cats who were all strays before he took them under his wing.
He also supports Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Foundation, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and the Redwings Sanctuary.
Availability
Sadly, Christian's married to Sibi who he met through Winona Ryder - she was her personal assistant (not her parole officer you bunch of bitches) - but if you dress up as a cute bunny rabbit with a broken leg he might be persuaded.
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Despite equating a six-pack with low intelligence, our lovely hunk doesn’t mind beefing up and striping off his clothes to reveal a rather perfect body. And let’s face it, who needs conversation when you’re stoking the fire? And Christian has one fiery talent we wouldn’t mind getting burnt by.
As usual, click on the lovely bare chested pics below to get the full picture.
Ogle this week’s Totty Watch by buying some of his DVD’s online – perfect for freeze-framing those scantily clad moments. Why not try American Psycho, Velvet Goldmine, Reign of Fire and Empire of the Sun.
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