![Christian Bale explains why he dropped to 8 stone and slept for two hours a night to play The Machinist Christian Bale explains why he dropped to 8 stone and slept for two hours a night to play The Machinist](https://images.ladbible.com/resize?type=webp&quality=70&width=1200&fit=contain&gravity=auto&url=https://images.ladbiblegroup.com/v3/assets/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a/blt041d4c439a02b122/63402dc7e77b38457e8f01d7/Christian_Bale_explains_why_he_dropped_to_8_stone_and_slept_for_two_hours_a_night_to_play_The_Machinist._Credit-_Castelao_Productions.png)
Christian Bale explains why he dropped to 8 stone and slept for two hours a night to play The Machinist
![From 'Vice' to 'The Machinist': Here are Five Stunning Christian Bale Body Transformations | Decider From 'Vice' to 'The Machinist': Here are Five Stunning Christian Bale Body Transformations | Decider](https://decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/many-bodies-of-christian-bale.jpg?quality=80&strip=all)
From 'Vice' to 'The Machinist': Here are Five Stunning Christian Bale Body Transformations | Decider
![Going through hell for Hollywood: Christian Bale shed 62lbs using cigarette-and-coffee diet for role in 2004's The Machinist, while Charlize Theron gained 50lbs to play pregnant mom in 2018 - as Cillian Going through hell for Hollywood: Christian Bale shed 62lbs using cigarette-and-coffee diet for role in 2004's The Machinist, while Charlize Theron gained 50lbs to play pregnant mom in 2018 - as Cillian](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/20/16/73398941-12315989-For_his_role_in_the_Machinist_above_Bale_lost_62lbs_by_switching-a-30_1689866466210.jpg)
Going through hell for Hollywood: Christian Bale shed 62lbs using cigarette-and-coffee diet for role in 2004's The Machinist, while Charlize Theron gained 50lbs to play pregnant mom in 2018 - as Cillian
![Inside actors' extreme body transformations - from Christian Bale's Batman to Charlize's 'doughnut-fuelled' bulk up | The Sun Inside actors' extreme body transformations - from Christian Bale's Batman to Charlize's 'doughnut-fuelled' bulk up | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/NINTCHDBPICT000714581965.jpg)
Inside actors' extreme body transformations - from Christian Bale's Batman to Charlize's 'doughnut-fuelled' bulk up | The Sun
![Eight times Christian Bale's jaw-dropping transformations left us stunned | Entertainment Gallery News - The Indian Express Eight times Christian Bale's jaw-dropping transformations left us stunned | Entertainment Gallery News - The Indian Express](https://images.indianexpress.com/2017/10/the-machinist.jpg?w=350)
Eight times Christian Bale's jaw-dropping transformations left us stunned | Entertainment Gallery News - The Indian Express
Did Christian Bale suffer any lasting effects from losing all that weight in 'The Machinist'? - Quora
![Kristy on X: "@RottenInDenmark The BMI stans will post a photo of Christian Bale in The Machinist and be like, "this is the ideal male body. You may not like it but Kristy on X: "@RottenInDenmark The BMI stans will post a photo of Christian Bale in The Machinist and be like, "this is the ideal male body. You may not like it but](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0XG55_aMAAPuK6.jpg)