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The Versatile Genius of Christian Bale
克里斯汀．貝爾：戲路多變的天才
How far would you be willing to go for your job? Would you eat nothing but an apple a day until you lost 30 kilograms? If you were British actor Christian Bale, you would. The star is best known for his deep devotion to his roles, including making extreme changes to his body to get into character.
Born in Wales to a former air force pilot father and circus performer mother, Bale moved often throughout his childhood. In fact, he lived in 15 different places by the time he was 15 years old! With Bale’s early introduction to life on the road, it’s no surprise that he later wound up working in the travel-heavy film industry.
Bale got his acting start in a commercial for a laundry product in 1982 at the age of eight. A year later, he set his sights on the stage when one of his older sisters bagged a part in a London play. After appearing in several plays and films, Bale got his big break when he landed a lead part in Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun at only 13 years old.
你願意為你的工作做到什麼地步？你會每天只吃一顆蘋果，直到瘦三十公斤嗎？如果你是英國演員克里斯汀．貝爾，你就會。這位明星最為人知的就是他對角色的深刻投入，包括對身體進行極端的改變以進入角色。
貝爾出生於威爾斯，父親是前空軍飛官而母親是馬戲團表演者，在童年時期經常搬家。事實上，他十五歲時就住過十五個不同的地方！由於貝爾很早就接觸在路上奔波的生活，他後來會在大量旅行的電影業工作就不足為奇。
貝爾在一九八二年八歲時於一支洗衣產品的電視廣告中開始他的演藝工作。一年後，他的一個姊姊在一齣倫敦的戲劇中獲得一角時，他把目標放在戲劇表演上。在出演好幾部戲劇和電影後，貝爾的大好機會來了，他年僅十三歲時就在史蒂芬．史匹伯的《太陽帝國》中獲得了主演角色。

While Empire brought Bale into the public eye as a talented young actor, it wasn’t until he featured in American Psycho in 2000 that he gained leading-man status. His unsettling performance as a killer proved his impressive acting skills to audiences and producers alike. He began receiving offers for a broad selection of roles, but he chose to continue working on independent films, notably losing 29 kilograms for his role in 2004’s The Machinist.
Bale’s days as a “starving” artist ended when he agreed to play the title character in 2005’s Batman Begins. To play Batman, Bale gained 45 kilograms in just six months. By the time he hung up his cape in 2012, his three Batman movies had made over ＄2.4 billion in total, and Bale had officially become an international movie star.
Last July, Bale again stepped into the world of comic book movies in Thor: Love and Thunder. This time, however, he played the villain, once more displaying his wide range as an actor. Whatever projects are up next for Bale, one thing is clear: his fans can always expect his best effort.
雖然《太陽帝國》讓貝爾以才華洋溢的年輕演員之姿受到矚目，但直到二○○○年主演《美國殺人魔》時他才獲得男主角的地位。他飾演一名殺人兇手令人不安的表演向觀眾及製作人證明了他令人印象深刻的演技。他開始收到各種角色可供選擇的邀約，但他選擇繼續拍攝獨立電影，值得注意的是在二○○四年的《克里斯汀貝爾之黑暗時刻》中為角色瘦了二十九公斤。
在貝爾同意演出二○○五年的《蝙蝠俠：開戰時刻》的片名角色時，他作為「飢餓」藝術家的日子結束了。為了飾演蝙蝠俠，貝爾在短短六個月內增重了四十五公斤。到二〇一二年他收起斗篷時，他的三部蝙蝠俠電影一共賺了超過二十四億美元，貝爾也正式成為了國際電影巨星。
去年七月，貝爾在《雷神索爾：愛與雷霆》中再次踏入漫畫電影的世界。不過這次他演的是反派角色，再次展現了他作為演員的寬廣戲路。無論貝爾接下來有什麼拍攝計畫，有一點是確定的：他的影迷們總是可以期待他全力以赴。

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