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A mere 5 months later, Bale went the other direction and bulked up for his role in Batman Begins (2005), gaining around 100 pounds. This time, gaining the weight was healthier than the weight loss. He ate a high-carb diet and trained for three-hour sessions.
Source: warnerbros.com
His co-star Michael Ironside mentioned that Bale might not have gone so far if the screenwriter took the time to change the script. He said “The writer is only about five-foot-six, and he put his own weights in,” Ironside said. “And then Chris said, ‘No, don’t change the weights. I want to see if I make them.’ Those weights he writes on the bathroom wall in the movie are his real weights in the film.”
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