Los Angeles, February 28 – Christian Bale revealed that his fans would experience "profound disappointment" if they met him because he is at his best in his work. The Oscar-winning actor also discussed his reluctance to meet his screen heroes in real life.
Bale has no desire to meet his own screen heroes because he knows they are at their best in their films, and he claimed that he has seen people become disheartened when they have the opportunity to talk to him after enjoying his work.
When asked if he has ever been starstruck and lost his composure around another celebrity, he told Entertainment Tonight: "I never lose my cool. Not in those situations. I don't want to meet people I see in films, I don't want to meet my heroes. I see it in people's eyes when they've watched my movies and loved them, and then they meet me, and I see their disappointment about who I really am."
He added: "And that's true, what a disappointment. That's me at my best in the movie. Never meet me, and I never want to meet my heroes either because they are heroic in what they do. Give them a break, nobody can be a hero all the time."
Bale recently revealed how he instigated a collective screaming session on the set of "The Bride!", according to femalefirst.co.uk.
The actor plays Frankenstein's monster, known as Frank, in Maggie Gyllenhaal's new take on "The Bride of Frankenstein," and he spent up to six hours getting ready each day as he transformed into the character, but the lengthy makeup sessions left Christian feeling so frustrated that he started screaming to vent his emotions.
The "Dark Knight" star told Entertainment Weekly: "I would scream like crazy, every day. Just to release all that despair, all that restraint that you have to display when you're sitting still for that long... I didn't want to do it while driving to work because I thought I might cause an accident. And I didn't want to do it alone because I thought everyone would just think I was going crazy."
Bale's hair and makeup team started joining in his screams, with the actor describing it as a "great bonding experience," and the group of screamers eventually grew to include more members of the crew.
He added: "Oh man, I'm telling you, the whole crew got involved by the end, because people would hear us screaming. We would open the doors, and gradually, a bit like the Bride's revolution, a few people were going: 'Can we do it too?' And then by the end, there were like 30 people who would hear us and run to the makeup trailer to be a part of it and scream as well."
