Christian Bale is known for completely immersing himself in his roles, even if that means transforming his body to do so. But there was one instance where his intense method acting confused even his family.
Christian Bale confused his daughter with his acting for ‘Public Enemies’ Christian Bale | Dave J Hogan/Getty Images
Public Enemies was a 2009 Michael Mann project that saw Bale portraying FBI agent Melvin Purvis, who was on the hunt for Johnny Depp’s John Dillinger. Bale put as much dedication and effort into his Public Enemies character as he usually does with most of his roles. In a resurfaced interview with Collider, the actor remembered the intense research and preparation he did to nail his character.
“There’s a wealth of information about Purvis; newspaper clippings, newsreel footage, books. A book written by Purvis himself. A book written by his son Alston [Purvis] which I kept with...
Christian Bale confused his daughter with his acting for ‘Public Enemies’ Christian Bale | Dave J Hogan/Getty Images
Public Enemies was a 2009 Michael Mann project that saw Bale portraying FBI agent Melvin Purvis, who was on the hunt for Johnny Depp’s John Dillinger. Bale put as much dedication and effort into his Public Enemies character as he usually does with most of his roles. In a resurfaced interview with Collider, the actor remembered the intense research and preparation he did to nail his character.
“There’s a wealth of information about Purvis; newspaper clippings, newsreel footage, books. A book written by Purvis himself. A book written by his son Alston [Purvis] which I kept with...
- 9/22/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
This has a major spoiler so don’t read until you’ve seen Fargo season 4 episode 8 “The Nadir.”
Fargo’s season 4, episode 8, “The Nadir,” contains an allegorical reference to a true crime occurrence. It appears Loy Cannon (Chris Rock) dropped dime on the two lady criminals he felt responsible for, Zelmare Roulette (Karen Aldridge) and Swanee Capps (Kelsey Asbille). He thought he was turning two tickets to Philadelphia into a one-way ride to Palookaville. They turned it into a grand exit. The conclusion of this sequence points to a conspiracy. Put these together and you have the Union Station Massacre.
In the opening disclaimer of every Fargo, we read how the names have been changed on real events. In this case, that includes the genders, body count, and arc of the gunfight at Kansas City’s main transportation hub, the Union Railway Station. The real events of the Union Station...
Fargo’s season 4, episode 8, “The Nadir,” contains an allegorical reference to a true crime occurrence. It appears Loy Cannon (Chris Rock) dropped dime on the two lady criminals he felt responsible for, Zelmare Roulette (Karen Aldridge) and Swanee Capps (Kelsey Asbille). He thought he was turning two tickets to Philadelphia into a one-way ride to Palookaville. They turned it into a grand exit. The conclusion of this sequence points to a conspiracy. Put these together and you have the Union Station Massacre.
In the opening disclaimer of every Fargo, we read how the names have been changed on real events. In this case, that includes the genders, body count, and arc of the gunfight at Kansas City’s main transportation hub, the Union Railway Station. The real events of the Union Station...
- 11/9/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Johnny Depp‘s career has been filled with wonderful movies like What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, Edward Scissorhands and the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Unfortunately, though, it’s also been filled with a handful of stinkers like The Astronaut’s Wife, The Ninth Gate and Mortdecai. Yet, it’s somewhere in between these two vastly different levels of quality where you can find some of Depp’s most interesting work, even if the material itself doesn’t make for the best of his films.
One of the famous actor’s appearances that hovers in the realm of underrated movies is 2009’s Public Enemies, which was directed by Michael Mann and stars other great actors like Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard and Jason Clarke. For those unfamiliar with the pic, it’s an American biographical crime drama that adapts the story of Bryan Burrough’s non-fiction novel, Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime...
One of the famous actor’s appearances that hovers in the realm of underrated movies is 2009’s Public Enemies, which was directed by Michael Mann and stars other great actors like Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard and Jason Clarke. For those unfamiliar with the pic, it’s an American biographical crime drama that adapts the story of Bryan Burrough’s non-fiction novel, Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime...
- 5/24/2020
- by Billy Givens
- We Got This Covered
David Wenham and Stephen Graham have joined the cast of Universal's Public Enemies, Michael Mann's gangster film starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.
An adaptation of Brian Burrough's book "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43," the film centers on the government's attempt to stop John Dillinger and his gang. Depp is playing Dillinger to Bale's famed FBI agent Melvin Purvis.
Wenham is playing Pete Pierpont, a member of Dillinger's crew who has a violent hostility to all authority. British actor Graham will portray Baby Face Nelson.
Also in the cast are Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi and Stephen Dorff.
Shooting begins in March in Chicago.
Wenham recently finished production on Baz Luhrmann's Australia, opposite Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, for 20th Century Fox. He also appeared in the Lord of the Rings movies and 300. He is repped by Endeavor, Artists-Independent Management in the U.S. and Shanahan Management in Australia.
Graham (This Is England) is repped by Kritzer Levine Wilkins Entertainment and in the U.K.
An adaptation of Brian Burrough's book "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43," the film centers on the government's attempt to stop John Dillinger and his gang. Depp is playing Dillinger to Bale's famed FBI agent Melvin Purvis.
Wenham is playing Pete Pierpont, a member of Dillinger's crew who has a violent hostility to all authority. British actor Graham will portray Baby Face Nelson.
Also in the cast are Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi and Stephen Dorff.
Shooting begins in March in Chicago.
Wenham recently finished production on Baz Luhrmann's Australia, opposite Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, for 20th Century Fox. He also appeared in the Lord of the Rings movies and 300. He is repped by Endeavor, Artists-Independent Management in the U.S. and Shanahan Management in Australia.
Graham (This Is England) is repped by Kritzer Levine Wilkins Entertainment and in the U.K.
- 2/22/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Marion Cotillard, who was nominated for an Oscar for her star turn in La Vie en Rose, is in negotiations to join Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in Public Enemies, Universal's Depression-era crime drama being directed by Michael Mann.
An adaptation of Brian Burrough's book "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43," the story follows the government's attempt to stop the criminals John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd. Depp is playing Dillinger to Bale's famed FBI agent Melvin Purvis.
Cotillard will play Billie, Dillinger's torch singer girlfriend.
Mann, Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman wrote the script.
Production is due to start later this winter in Chicago and other Midwest locales.
Mann and Kevin Misher are producing. Robert De Niro and his partner Jane Rosenthal, who originally optioned the book, are exec producing.
Enemies is not Cotillard's first English-language feature. The French actress has appeared in, among other English productions, A Good Year, with Russell Crowe.
Cotillard is repped by CAA.
An adaptation of Brian Burrough's book "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43," the story follows the government's attempt to stop the criminals John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd. Depp is playing Dillinger to Bale's famed FBI agent Melvin Purvis.
Cotillard will play Billie, Dillinger's torch singer girlfriend.
Mann, Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman wrote the script.
Production is due to start later this winter in Chicago and other Midwest locales.
Mann and Kevin Misher are producing. Robert De Niro and his partner Jane Rosenthal, who originally optioned the book, are exec producing.
Enemies is not Cotillard's first English-language feature. The French actress has appeared in, among other English productions, A Good Year, with Russell Crowe.
Cotillard is repped by CAA.
- 1/27/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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