Christian Bale

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q45772: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (12 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (15) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career parallel): Christian Bale → Henry Thomas. Both were kid actors Spielberg discovered who had to escape that shadow before being safe as adult actors.
    “Christian Bale had a bit of a parallel Henry Thomas arc where for a while it was like he can't come out from the shadow of him being a kid that Spielberg discovered”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:12:23 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career parallel): Christian Bale → Jeff Bridges. Like Bridges, Bale came to acting as a child by family expectation and had to find his own reason to take it seriously.
    “it sounds almost a bit like what Jeff Bridges went through.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:17:06 · Bilge Ebiri (0.85 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Christian Bale → Mary Poppins (the chimney sweep, per speakers). Bale's cheery speech was described as a chimney sweep from Mary Poppins, with a similar accent.
    “kind of like chimney sweep from Mary Poppins in a way.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:37:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Christian Bale → James Franco. Last year's winner of the same award was James Franco, who was soon blown out of the frame, showing how frivolous the show is.
    “The answer is James Franco.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:38:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (loyal collaborator): Christian Bale → David O. Russell. Bale's Oscar nominations all come from Adam McKay or David O. Russell movies, and he is doing an Al Davis film for Russell.
    “All of his Oscar nominations are either for Adam McKay or David O. Russell movies.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 2:37:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (actor comparison): Christian Bale → Adam Driver. Bale takes weird projects, even bad movies, a bit like Driver, but is more flexible.
    “He's almost like there's there's a bit of the Adam Driver thing going on with them.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:13:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. people (performance): Christian Bale → Ford v Ferrari. Kathleen Kennedy said his Ford v Ferrari performance is closest to the real Christian, tying to Indiana Jones casting.
    “she was like, that is the closest to his personality.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:19:32 · Bilge Ebiri (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): Empire of the Sun → Christian Bale. Bale and Malkovich deliver some of the best performances in any Spielberg movie.
    “And I think has some of the best performances in any Spielberg movie, Bail.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:16:50 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Vice → Christian Bale. Vice went one for six, and the performance is the one thing everyone likes.
    “Out of 6 nominations, I believe, the most of any film tonight.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:39:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Ferrari → Christian Bale. Bale was the original Ferrari, identified by Pollack and Mann, but stepped aside rather than gain weight.
    “originally when the film was being conceived, Sidney Pollock and Michael Mann had identified Christian Bale as Ferrari.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:26:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Christian Bale → Daniel Day-Lewis. With Day-Lewis out of the frame, Bale becomes the consensus best actor and a second Oscar would make that official.
    “Daniel DeLouis is out of the frame and now everybody's like, this is our best actor”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:36:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Christian Bale: Spielberg auditioned 4000 kids; Bale, recommended by Amy Irving, was the one exception to Griffin's theory that Spielberg fails at breaking male stars.
    “oh, right, he fucking found Christian Bale.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:11:49 · Griffin Newman (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Christian Bale: He thanked Satan in his speech to big laughs.
    “I mean, him thanking Satan.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:37:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)