Recently, Christian Bale revealed in an interview that almost all of the roles he played were initially booked for Leonardo DiCaprio and then rejected.
In the 90s, Christian Bale cast Leonardo DiCaprio in at least 5 films after auditions, such as the classic ‘Titanic’. Christian Bale made his debut at the age of 13 and it was the 2000 classic ‘American Psycho’ that really set him on fire.
This role was also played by Leonardo DiCaprio at the beginning, and the producer set a fee of more than 20 million for Leonardo DiCaprio.
But when it comes to Christian Bale, the whole production cost is compressed to the extreme, only a pitiful $7 million. It’s not a paycheck, it’s a cost. The specific Christian Bale took how much money, there is a statement is $ 8,000.
He admits, “I grew up as a kid in a small town in Wales, England, when my house was occupied by me and my dad and sister, but was being forced to repossess by the bank because I couldn’t pay the mortgage. So what I thought at the time was, I have to make some money! That’s what drove me to make the movie after that – I had to make enough money to keep the house from being foreclosed on by the bank.”
Christian Bale stated, “I remember once being in makeup and the makeup artists laughed at the fact that I was paid even less than all of them.”
And Christian Bale even took a pay cut to play the role: “At that time, no one gave a damn about me except the director insisted that I play. Finally they told me that only when I made sacrifices in terms of pay, they had enough money to make the film.”
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