Jennifer Lawrence may have enjoyed getting to plant one on Christian Bale in “American Hustle”, but director David O. Russell reckons it wasn’t exactly how the actress imagined it.
Speaking at the Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts Awards in West Hollywood over the weekend, Russell said he recalls Lawrence saying, “I finally get to make out with Christian Bale and he’s a really fat guy. He’s Fatman, not Batman.”
Bale, who’s renowned for going through major transformations for a role, gained a significant amount of weight, and sported a shocking comb-over to play con-man Irving Rosenfeld in the critically acclaimed movie.
“The shocking thing is that Christian can charm ladies even with the comb over and the belly because it comes from confidence and heart,” Russell said, as US Weekly reports.
The man behind Silver Linings Playbook and The Fighter also gave an insight into what he expects out of his actors.
“I want them to disappear – and that excites them because they want to freak audiences out. And that’s what entertainment is right?” he said.
“Having a character like, ‘Oh my God. I went into another world! Where was I?’ That’s what he did. That’s what Jennifer did. Jennifer played a real housewife from Long Island. That’s what Bradley [Cooper] did. He played a Brooklyn FBI guy but a freak! And that’s what Amy Adams did when she played a split personality – sexier than anybody ever thought the little princess from Enchanted could be.”
This article originally appeared on news.com.au.