Film Close-Up: Christian Bale Jun 22,2007 00:00 by Joey_Berlin
CHRISTIAN BALE - Christian Bale stars in the action/thriller
'Rescue Dawn.' CNS Photo courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pictures Inc.  Playing a real-life U.S. bomber pilot who was
shot down over Laos in 1965, Bale is taken to a remote camp deep
in the jungle in "Rescue Dawn." He breaks out, along with an
imaginatively cast Steve Zahn, only to face miles of
impenetrable jungle.  A 33-year-old native of Wales, Bale first
found fame as a child actor in Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the
Sun" and in his 20s he seemed to have found his true calling
playing psychotic killers in films such as "American Psycho."
But Bale is best-known for striking the perfect balance of
brooding gravity and quirky charm as the Caped Crusader in
"Batman Begins." He is currently filming the sequel for a summer
2008 release.  Q: "Rescue Dawn" is the second film (after "The
Machinist") for which you lost a lot of weight. Is it important
to you as an actor to go to that extrem