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dlisted has pics of Christian Bale emaciating himself again to play a crackhead character. He looks awful. The thing is, I remember an interview somewhere in which Bale talked about what a trying experience it was to lose 63 pounds for The Machinist, and then gain it all back (plus some) for Batman Begins. (Whew, that was a mouthful of a sentence. Speaking of mouthfuls… oh wait, er, um… yeah. Back to your regularly scheduled celebrity emaciation post). I can’t seem to find the exact interview I’d read years ago, but I found something that’s pretty close. I’ve posted a few selections below.

Dude, I’m thinking Christian Bale has crazy body image issues. Hey, he’d fit right in with most of us homos. Hear that Christian? You have a lot in common with homos… Why not gain back your Batman weight and then get a whole lot more in common with us homos, if ya know what I mean… wink wink, nudge nudge!

From an interview with Bale in 2004:

Were you ever concerned you might do some lasting damage?

I had what could be called a kind of stupid feeling of invincibility, like, “Oh I can do it. I can manage it.” And I certainly did feel like if I was just going to do this the one time, that I could. I would be very cautious about doing it a second time – for anything – but also the novelty is gone, because for me there also was the challenge of, “Was I able to do that? Is it possible?” I managed it more so than had I expected, so I feel like “Okay, I proved that point to myself that I could do it.” But I didn’t actually feel bad until I started eating again. It was when I started putting the weight back on that I did it somewhat too rapidly and apparently I had the cholesterol levels of a ninety-year old man and I had to really start getting fit and eating right and proper, just because I gorged too much. I didn’t take the advice of everybody, which was “take it slow” in putting the weight back on. I just wanted to consume pizza and donuts.

Would you ever consider doing it again?

I would be very cautious about doing it again, firstly because I got no plans on being the guy that loves losing a lot of weight. I would never do it to that extreme because I just can’t imagine something that would be necessary to do it to that extreme again, and also I would feel by that point that I was very aware of not wanting to try and make it into a gimmick. And you do it for a second time and it can’t help but be seen as kind of a gimmick. But some parts do require a physical transformation. Some don’t whatsoever and they’re just as great parts, but this one really did, but I wouldn’t want to do it any time soon, certainly. And I think the second time around I would be much more cautious about any bodily damage I may be inflicting on myself.