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Meaning Christian Bale, and after seeing all of his works it's a valid description IMO.
Good article....
Good article....
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) -- It's not makeup that has Christian Bale looking dirty, wind-chapped and sunburned in "3:10 to Yuma." He spent a month earning every bit of that cowboy grit by riding horses and firing revolvers in the sweltering New Mexico desert.
Bale plays weathered rancher Dan Evans in the remake of the 1957 Western film. And like with every character he plays, Bale melts into the role, disappearing behind Dan Evans' dirty fingernails and scruffy beard.
"So much is the dirt," the 33-year-old says, slumping into a sofa at the Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel. "Real sun, real wind, real dirt. And I think you needed that, to get out there and just get the feel of it."
Bale is the chameleon of his generation, as convincing as a muscular cartoon hero as he is an emaciated insomniac or an obsessive young executive with a murderous streak. But he follows no formula or character-development ritual. In fact, he hardly follows film, saying he doesn't "consider it to be necessary to have a great knowledge of movies to make them."
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Bale plays weathered rancher Dan Evans in the remake of the 1957 Western film. And like with every character he plays, Bale melts into the role, disappearing behind Dan Evans' dirty fingernails and scruffy beard.
"So much is the dirt," the 33-year-old says, slumping into a sofa at the Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel. "Real sun, real wind, real dirt. And I think you needed that, to get out there and just get the feel of it."
Bale is the chameleon of his generation, as convincing as a muscular cartoon hero as he is an emaciated insomniac or an obsessive young executive with a murderous streak. But he follows no formula or character-development ritual. In fact, he hardly follows film, saying he doesn't "consider it to be necessary to have a great knowledge of movies to make them."
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