Book Name - Christian Bale : The Inside Story Of The Darkest Batman
Pages - 312
Genre - Biography
Author - Harrison Cheung
My Rating - ****
The World knows "Christian Bale" as an awesome & one of the most talented actors the world has seen. World has also seen his other side in bits & pieces & some of his anger-management issues. With some of the things i have read before hat made me believed that Bale is a little spoiled brat & feels a bit entitled, but fans like us have ignored such things because of his acting skills on the screen & we know the energy he has which attract the audiences to go & watch him on the big-screen. Be it, "American Psycho", "Empire Of The Sun", "Batman Trilogy" or the most recent one "American Hustle".
Harrison Cheung, who is the author of this biography actually spent nearly 10 years as Bale's, Personal Assistant. The book tells you his honest take on the star's life. Reading Cheung's time & life spent with Christian Bale, you will get to know that better & you would understand what makes the actor awesome. But, given the fact that how he is improving as an actor & all his good traits, you'll see that Bale's negatives are still there, while you will have sympathy when you will come to know the interesting facts that only a person like Cheung, who was so close to him, would know. After spending so much time with Bale & his family, he was also considered "family" by bale, but his father was the one who appreciated him the most. He was like the most liked Warrior of David's Crusade to make Christian Bale, a big superstar. Cheung calls David, a self-described-con-artist, who's biography has already been made up.
Having full trust earned from his father, he is friendly with Bale & he says that anyone can be friendly with him. "This is an unlikely but true account of simple fan who becomes a real-life Alfred. From Canadian pen-pal, to sitting in the bat cave of Bale's Manhattan Beach home planning world domination. From humble beginnings, to a decade long relationship managing the un-manageable. Working without compensation for nearly 10 years, Harrison describes his duties evolving quickly from Internet Marketing Manager to Personal Assistant and Publicist--even doing cooking and laundry at times for the unorganized star and his Father."
Pages - 312
Genre - Biography
Author - Harrison Cheung
My Rating - ****
The World knows "Christian Bale" as an awesome & one of the most talented actors the world has seen. World has also seen his other side in bits & pieces & some of his anger-management issues. With some of the things i have read before hat made me believed that Bale is a little spoiled brat & feels a bit entitled, but fans like us have ignored such things because of his acting skills on the screen & we know the energy he has which attract the audiences to go & watch him on the big-screen. Be it, "American Psycho", "Empire Of The Sun", "Batman Trilogy" or the most recent one "American Hustle".
Harrison Cheung, who is the author of this biography actually spent nearly 10 years as Bale's, Personal Assistant. The book tells you his honest take on the star's life. Reading Cheung's time & life spent with Christian Bale, you will get to know that better & you would understand what makes the actor awesome. But, given the fact that how he is improving as an actor & all his good traits, you'll see that Bale's negatives are still there, while you will have sympathy when you will come to know the interesting facts that only a person like Cheung, who was so close to him, would know. After spending so much time with Bale & his family, he was also considered "family" by bale, but his father was the one who appreciated him the most. He was like the most liked Warrior of David's Crusade to make Christian Bale, a big superstar. Cheung calls David, a self-described-con-artist, who's biography has already been made up.
Having full trust earned from his father, he is friendly with Bale & he says that anyone can be friendly with him. "This is an unlikely but true account of simple fan who becomes a real-life Alfred. From Canadian pen-pal, to sitting in the bat cave of Bale's Manhattan Beach home planning world domination. From humble beginnings, to a decade long relationship managing the un-manageable. Working without compensation for nearly 10 years, Harrison describes his duties evolving quickly from Internet Marketing Manager to Personal Assistant and Publicist--even doing cooking and laundry at times for the unorganized star and his Father."
Some Interesting Outcomes Of The Book Are :
- Learn about Bale's unconventional childhood , unhealthy relationship with his parents & his fascination with decay.
- See how Christian was practically forced into acting , & why he is a man without a country.
- Hear how his early movies bombed & how they were instrumental in making him a star.
- The moment an actor finally fully embraced his career by fighting for his role & getting the role in American Psycho & also what gave him the will-power to starve himself for his most unusual role in The Machinist
- His rivalry with actors like Ethan Hawke, Leonardo DiCaprio & how he owes his rise to stardom to his internet fans.
- The main thing, the book will tell you the journey of an actor from an average actor to "The Dark Knight", "The Batman".
This is great read with an honest approach & completely void of any basic tabloid mentality. Fans of Batman & Bale would surely want this in their library.
Some Of The Notable Works Of Christian Bale :
1. Empire Of The Sun (1987) - IMDb Rating - 7.8/10
2. American Psycho (2000) - IMDb Rating - 7.6/10
3. The Machinist (2004) - IMDb Rating - 7.8/10
4. Batman Begins (2005) - IMDb Rating - 8.3/10
5. The Prestige (2006) - IMDb Rating - 8.5/10
6. The Dark Knight (2008) - IMDb Rating - 9/10
7. The Fighter (2010) - IMDb Rating - 7.9/10
8. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - IMDb Rating - 8.6/10
9. American Hustle (2013) - IMDb Rating - 7.4/10
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