Year 2000
September 25, 2000
Bale up for dragon-slayer flick
Christian Bale is considering a career in dragon-slaying.
Bale ("American Psycho") is in talks to star in "Reign Of Fire," an action movie set in England and directed by Rob Bowman ("The X-Files"), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film follows the story of a young British man (Bale) whose mother is killed by the dragons that are dominating the Earth. The man eventually becomes a "fire chief", or leader, of a group of dragon survivors. Bale's character then teams up with an American dragon-slayer, and the two try to eliminate the queen dragon.
The movie is expected to begin filming in February in the U.K.
Bale got his start in films as a young boy, starring in movies such as "Empire Of The Sun" before moving on to play a murderous man working on Wall Street in this year's "American Psycho".
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June 19, 2000
Christian Bale to play good guy
Christian Bale, who played bad guys in "American Psycho" and "Shaft," will be on the right side of the law in his next film.
Variety says "Librium" is set in a fascistic future where emotions are outlawed. Bale will play a law-enforcer who rebels against the oppressive rules.
Emily Watson and Taye Diggs are to co-star in the film, which will be written and directed by "Thomas Crown Affair's" Kurt Wimmer.
Principle photography is to begin in Europe next month, Variety reported.
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April 27, 2000
Bale plays Corelli's Mandolin
American Psycho star Christian Bale is to start work on a movie version of
the best-selling novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin, by Louis de Bernieres.
Bale, 26, will play a Greek fisherman in the romantic World War II movie alongside
Nicholas Cage and Penelope Cruz.
It is set during the German occupation of the Greek island of Cephallonia. Cruz plays Bale's girlfriend who falls in love with commander Corelli (Cage).
April 26, 2000
Bale to co-star with Cage
From "American Psycho" to ... Greek fisherman?
Christian Bale, whose last stab at a leading role was as the title character in "American Psycho," will join Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz in the Second World War story "Captain Corelli's Mandolin," Variety reports.
The film, based on Louis De Bernieres' novel set during the Nazi occupation of Greece, is to be directed by "Shakespeare In Love's" John Madden. Shooting begins next month, Variety says.
Bale will play the fisherman Madras, engaged to a Greek woman played by Cruz, who falls in love with an Italian soldier.
Bale's next release will be the remake of "Shaft," which hits theatres
in June.
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April 13, 2000
Charlie Rose - A conversation with Bret Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho", along with Mary Harron, who directed the screen adaptation of the book, and Christian Bale, who stars in it.
January 27, 2000
Brit Bale's American accent struggle
American Psycho star Christian Bale used a US accent for the film - even when the cameras weren't rolling.
The actor said he wasn't comfortable switching from his English accent to a US one "so I kept it up all the time on the set and that really helped".
He added that changing accents also meant using different muscles which led to a build-up of saliva. "I wanted to sort that problem out before I sprayed the entire cast."