Tuesday, July 14

• Christian Bale Trying to Top The Machinist Weight Loss With The Fighter?

  We'd previously noted Christian Bale losing lots of weight (again) to play boxer-turned-junkie Dickie Eklund in the 2011 biopic The Fighter. Well, now we can see the results of his diet plan and frankly we're a little creeped out. Batman's apparent apples-only diet isn't just shedding pounds, it's shedding hair too.

  We're really looking forward to The Fighter, and not the movie. With Bale starring and David O. Russell directing, there's a good chance for real fighting to happen on set. See Russell and Bale's outbursts in When Actors Attack: Top 10 Celebrity Outbursts.

  
  

  Posted 07/14/2009 by reelz

  Related: Christian Bale | David O. Russell | The Fighter | The Machinist

Tuesday, June 30

• Amy Adams in Talks to Star in The Fighter with Bale and Wahlberg

  Variety reports that Amy Adams is in negotiations to star in The Fighter alongside Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, and Melissa Leo, who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Frozen River.

  Due for release sometime in 2011, The Fighter is being directed by David O. Russell, who helmed I Heart Huckabees, Three Kings, Spanking the Monkey, and the upcoming political comedy Nailed starring Jessica Biel and Jake Gyllenhaal. The Fighter is based on the true story of "Irish" Micky Ward, a boxer from South Boston who rose to prominence on the welterweight circuit during the mid-1980s.

  Wahlberg will portray Ward, while Bale will play Ward's half-brother, Dicky Eklund, who recovered from drug addiction to help guide Ward's career. Leo will portray Ward's mother. If cast, Adams would play the part of a bartender who develops a romantic relationship with Ward.

  Adams's other upcoming projects include Julie & Julia, in which she will star opposite Meryl Streep. She also recently finished filming for Anand Tucker's romantic comedy Leap Year.

  
  

  Posted 06/30/2009 by Rich Z

  Related: Amy Adams | Christian Bale | Mark Wahlberg | Melissa Leo | David O. Russell | The Fighter

Friday, June 26

• Christian Bale Loses Weight for The Fighter

  With Terminator Salvation dominating the (overseas) box office and Public Enemies opening July 1, it's hard to believe that Christian Bale took a year off from acting. However, Bale's ready to step back into the ring in more ways than one as he plays Mark Wahlberg's boxer-training brother in The Fighter. Bale described the movie to Collider.

  It's a true story of two incredibly gifted boxers who were half brothers. The one, Dicky Ecklund, who fought Sugar Ray Leonard at a very young age, when he was twenty one, was an incredible natural talent. He lived a very hard life. Then he came to train his brother, Irish Mickey Ward, to the world title.

  The role meant some serious dieting, which Bale explained to MTV.

  I've had to [lose] a great deal of weight because he was a welterweight.

  Bale has lost and gained weight for roles several times in his career, at one point dropping 62 pounds for The Machinist before gaining it all back and more for Batman Begins. Bale is using fairly conventional methods for his weight loss this time around:

  There’s nothing like boxing for getting you in shape. It’s a wonderful thing when your trainer is actually the person you’re playing.

  Production on The Fighter starts in July, releasing sometime in 2011. David O. Russell will direct.

  
  

  Posted 06/26/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Christian Bale | Mark Wahlberg | Sugar Ray Leonard | David O. Russell | Batman Begins | Public Enemies | Terminator Salvation | The Fighter | The Machinist

Thursday, February 5

• When Actors Attack: Top 10 Celebrity Outbursts

  This week, Christian Bale's outburst on the set of Terminator: Salvation has taken the Internet by storm. But where does it rank among the all-time celebrity meltdowns?

  We offer a list of our favorites -- from the naked contempt Quentin Tarantino displays an entertainment reporter to director David O. Russell's return attack on Lily Tomlin on the overheated set of I Heart Huckabees to a classy, monumentally devastating takedown by Orson Welles.

  To hear them all, see When Actors Attack: Top 10 Celebrity Outbursts.

  
  

  Posted 02/05/2009 by reelz

  Related: Christian Bale | Lily Tomlin | Orson Welles | Quentin Tarantino | David O. Russell | Terminator Salvation | I Heart Huckabees

Tuesday, March 27

• Cube Comments on David O. Russell's Huckabees Clip

  With footage of David O. Russell's monumental freakout on the set of I Heart Huckabees all the rage on Youtube, Ice Cube, who worked with Russell on Three Kings, had his own take on the mercurial director:

  "David is a dude who knows what he wants and you'd better give it to him," said Cube. "He loves to give direction while you shootin' a scene. He'll tell you, 'Put the glass down! Now pick it up again! All right, continue!' I mean, the camera's rollin'. You're like, ok. 'No no no! With the other hand!' You're like, ok. 'No no wait! Hold on! Pick it up!' He likes to keep the camera rollin' and show you f*cking up the whole time, tryin' to get it right. And I guess by the thirtieth, fortieth day, enough is enough."

  Cube noted that Russell never screamed at him -- proof that Russell might be crazy, but he's not stupid.

  
  

  Posted 03/27/2007 by reelz

  Related: Ice Cube | David O. Russell | Three Kings | I Heart Huckabees

Wednesday, March 21

• I Heart Huckabees clip making the YouTube rounds

  A clip giving movie fans a distinct perspective on the real behind-the-scenes antics during the filming of 2004 indie flick I Heart Huckabees is making the rounds on the internet.

  The clip, which shows director David O. Russell throwing a rather spectacular tantrum when actress Lily Tomlin is frustrated with a scene, recently cropped up on YouTube. In it, he bursts out screaming, swearing, and throwing things. Things get so heated that you can clearly see the entire crew scamper off set.

  By this morning, it had been picked up and played in its entirety on the Howard Stern show on SIRIUS Satellite Radio.

  
  

  Posted 03/21/2007 by reelz

  Related: Lily Tomlin | David O. Russell | I Heart Huckabees