Christian Bale’s Extreme Weight Loss for ‘The Machinist’ Once Worried His Wife

Christian Bale is known for pushing his body to the limits for the sake of doing his characters justice. But in a film where Bale might have pushed himself a bit too far, his wife had a difficult time watching his drastic transformation.

Christian Bale’s extreme weight loss for ‘The Machinist’ concerned his wife

Audiences saw what Bale was willing to do to inhabit a role in his 2004 film The Machinist. The movie saw The Dark knight star playing a factory worker grappling extreme insomnia. To properly portray the physically and mentally disturbed character, Bale slimmed down to 121 pounds. To achieve this feat, Bale once told Radio Free he put himself on a diet where he ate practically nothing.