I think these two particular roles had a lot of mannerism overlap. That, and it was the same director in a similarly genred historical fiction revenge thriller. In Alita: Battle Angel and Downsizing, he’s playing different roles. Its just a shame the material doesn’t hold up to his talent for the roles.
But I’ll also note that Gary Oldman, in particular, really goes ham with the physical transformation. From slick terrorist in Air Force One to manic ex-con in Harry Potter to… Jesus Christ look at all those facial prostheses in Darkest Hour, its not just the acting but the degree to which he’s willing to physically change himself to fit the part.
Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale pull this as well, to really intense effect.
Christian Bale is definitely committed to his transformations. A lot of times I still see him in his roles, but he thoroughly sold me on his method acting ability in The Big Short. Holy shit, man! That was like watching a completely different person on the screen.
Yeah that is one of the examples of him being incredibly committed to his transformations. But I felt that The Big Short really made him stand out as an actor, since the character has such a completely different personality than all of his other characters, and he totally nails it, even with the little quirks.
I think these two particular roles had a lot of mannerism overlap. That, and it was the same director in a similarly genred historical fiction revenge thriller. In Alita: Battle Angel and Downsizing, he’s playing different roles. Its just a shame the material doesn’t hold up to his talent for the roles.
But I’ll also note that Gary Oldman, in particular, really goes ham with the physical transformation. From slick terrorist in Air Force One to manic ex-con in Harry Potter to… Jesus Christ look at all those facial prostheses in Darkest Hour, its not just the acting but the degree to which he’s willing to physically change himself to fit the part.
Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale pull this as well, to really intense effect.
Christian Bale is definitely committed to his transformations. A lot of times I still see him in his roles, but he thoroughly sold me on his method acting ability in The Big Short. Holy shit, man! That was like watching a completely different person on the screen.
I saw Christian Bale and transformation and I was convinced you were going to bring up The Machinist, he lost a lot of weight for that role.
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Yeah that is one of the examples of him being incredibly committed to his transformations. But I felt that The Big Short really made him stand out as an actor, since the character has such a completely different personality than all of his other characters, and he totally nails it, even with the little quirks.
After that role he bulked up to play Bruce Wayne then had to lose weight again because he bulked up too much.
Yeah Christian Bale in the Machinist is something else.