- Christian Bale has said Leonardo DiCaprio is the first choice actor in any Hollywood movie.
- For example, the actor said that the creators of “American Psycho” originally wanted DiCaprio to star.
- “To this day, the role anyone gets is because he took it over,” Bale told GQ.
Christian Bale has said that everyone in Hollywood “owes” his career to saying no to movies starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The British actor has long cemented his place in Hollywood, starring in a string of films since he was a child, like Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun. Disney’s “Newsies” And in the 2008-2012 Batman trilogy, role competition still exists.
In an interview for the November 2022 issue of GQ, Bale was asked by DiCaprio about reports that he lost five movie roles in the 1990s, including the role of Jack in “Titanic”. replied that it was because DiCaprio said no to the project in the first place.
“It’s not just me. You see, to this day, any role that anyone gets, it’s because he took it over beforehand,” said Bale, 48. “It doesn’t matter what anyone says. The director. It doesn’t matter how friendly you are with all the people I’ve worked with many times offered him all the roles first.”
“I think almost everyone his age in Hollywood has made a career out of what projects he’s taken over,” Bale said.
“So thank you Leo, because literally he can choose whatever he does,” he added. “And good for him, he’s phenomenal.”
‘American Psycho’, where Bale received critical acclaim for his portrayal of lead character Patrick Bateman, was one of the movies DiCaprio could have. Originally, Lionsgate wanted DiCaprio to play the lead role. Sub report.
Bale told GQ that as a result, he was only paid the “absolute minimum” he was legally allowed to appear in the film.
“Nobody wanted it from me, except for the director,” Bale explained. was playing the part, I was preparing.
But Bale doesn’t seem to be in bad blood about losing the movie role to DiCaprio.
“Do you know how grateful I am to get the damn thing? I mean, I can’t do what he does,” he told the magazine. Neither wants the exposure he has, and he does it admirably.”