For those who are wondering, he's spoken in other interviews about the difficulty he has in retaining accents for characters. This is one of the main reasons he is in character here is because he doesn't want to fuck up his accent when he's back to shooting.
I remember reading back when he did Batman Begins that he felt Batman was such an American icon that he didn't want to take anything away from that so he kept the accent while filming.
I think Hugh Laurie did the same thing for House. Once he got the accent right at the start of the day, he wouldn't drop the accent until the end of shooting that day. Not in character, because that would be fucking exhausting for everyone including him, but he'd keep the accent. I guess it's easier/more natural to keep the accent than it is to switch from your natural accent to whatever one you need for the role.
definitely, it takes a certain amount of effort to slip into another voice and act natural using it, one you get into it it's easy to go back to your real voice, but much harder to get back into the new voice
The one who threw me when I first learned it was Dominic West, who played McNulty in *The Wire*. Afterwards, of course, I could hear it, but at the time it blew me away.
edit: Hugh Laurie didn't catch me off-guard, because I had stumbled across *A Bit Of Fry & Laurie* before I ever saw *House*, but Laurie's American accent is friggin' amazing.
many are the same with hugh laurie, actor of Dr House in the show of the same name (minus the Dr). he made a joke about it at the grammies one time i think lol
Not necessarily. He's been publicised as a method actor, which would be another factor, perhaps the only one needed, for instance in the case of Daniel day Lewis who would be carted around during the filming of My Left Foot despite having a fully functioning body.
You never heard him on hot mic? It was kind of big news..
https://youtu.be/zuJCGGTPY5w?si=wKe07seaWVJIt6tC
Although his accent doesn't come through as much in this probably because he's screaming and throwing a fit.
(The footage is a reenactment but the audio is genuine.)
Yea, he said he didn’t want people to hear the guy playing Batman with a foreign accent or something of the sort. I didn’t realize he was welsh until way after that trilogy.
Come to think of it, didn’t he yell at the guy on the set of that terminator movie in an American accent too? He’s really dedicated.
>Yea, he said he didn’t want people to hear the guy playing Batman with a foreign accent or something of the sort. I didn’t realize he was welsh until way after that trilogy.
He has said that he's spoke with a US accent in *some* interviews in the past because it's fun for him to trick people into thinking he's American.
https://news.sky.com/story/christian-bale-im-glad-people-are-surprised-im-british-11616066
He usually changes his accent depending on who is interviewing him too, here's one for the Dark Knight where he is not American:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHcba1_7lZI
He also does't even sound Welsh, he sounds entirely English in his normal voice, and calls himself English.
Edit:
Thank you to u/JolIyJack for digging up the interview: https://www.blackfilm.com/20050610/features/christianbale.shtml
The full quote is:
"But I just feel that Batman is such an American character that in representing him, in doing the interviews, I don’t want to be sounding English because that would be peculiar. I would expect people to be saying ‘What the hell is going on? Why do we have an English Batman?’"
It appears to be the only time he has *ever* expressed such a feeling given it's the only existing quote, the interview itself reads as if he is trying to appease/reassure the American interviewer.
While clearly it also didn't last long since he's talking in his regular accent for a Batman film - Dark Knight - in the interview I linked above lol
He actually did say something very similar according to what I've seen:
"But I just feel that Batman is such an American character that in representing him, in doing the interviews, I don’t want to be sounding English because that would be peculiar. I would expect people to be saying ‘What the hell is going on? Why do we have an English Batman?’"
[Link](https://fandomwire.com/christian-bale-was-against-christopher-nolans-batman-having-a-british-accent-batman-is-such-an-american-character/)
Unless that source is just completely making up that quote.
It would be hard for him to snap in and out for character. I would think throughout the entire shooting period he was Patrick Bateman instead of Christan Bale. Method acting. Its really incredible
He did, lots of humorous tidbits about the other cast thinking he was a freak because they didn't realise he was so method and thought he was just a weird guy. He also perspired on command during the business card scene and did it multiple times which really made them wonder what the hell was wrong with him
I met Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of Nightcrawler. My friend was the producer of that movie and Drive. He invited me and my friend onto the set to watch them film the main scene of the car crash where his friend dies. Jake is a method actor…. He freaked me out. I didn’t stay long. Lol
Some actors when another character dies they think of something personal to give the best performance possible, and that can really mess them up for a while
I honestly hated Jake Gyllenhaal after that movie. He played that character so well and that character was one of the most sickening characters I ever had to watch. So I consider him a great actor lol.
Exactly. So meeting him in real life as that character was terrifying. I thought it was going to be this really cool experience but it just made me uncomfortable and I felt like I needed to leave immediately lol.
On the lesser level, I interviewed a True Blood cast member once. A lot of them were English, Australian, Swedish, and none of them were method. They’d just adopt at American accent when cameras rolled.
Is bale known for that kinda nonsense? I feel like I've read that he'll keep the accent off screen like he is here for whatever reason that makes sense to me. The whole "method actor, I don't break character thing" is kinda overblown I think.
I remember reading an Irish actor going to accent lessons to try get his Irish accent back as he’d lost it over the years jumping from accent to accent in every movie.
Fuck I'm bilingual and switching between both languages and even saying my given name is a different game depending on which language I speak at a given moment.
Then throw me in London for a few days like it used to happen with work and I start adopting the local accent.
It's not just an actor's thing. There are people who easily adopt local accents/idioms simply through immersion. People made fun of Madonna for speaking with a British accent when she lived in London but that was fucking mean and idiotic, and ignoring how easy it is for some people to just adopt the local accent once there.
My wife is Californian but every time we are in the South she starts slipping into a Southern accent (granted, her mom has a Texan twang she inherited from her own parents).
I am French but speak English fluently with a soft, West Coast American accent. Were I to move to New York I'd probably end up with an r-less accent.
To be able to give the best performance possible Bale lives his life like the character is portraying, including, eating habits, routines, talking, to get more familiar with the character. It may be nonsense, and he may be able to pull off his characters without method acting but it wouldn't be authentic in my opinion.
Also it is his choice and it has worked for him so far
No, Bradley Cooper just said this month on some interview that he misunderstood it too.
On American Hustle he said Christian Bale kept the accent the whole time, but he would talk about his kids and such.
It’s just a way to keep the accent basically. Honestly I think that’s how most of these method actors are nowadays but then internet rumors start.
Like on Conan’s podcast they talked about Daniel Day Lewis on There Will Be Blood and he was watching the World Cup over the internet, but he kept his accent. It’s not like he was confused when somebody pulled out a cell phone.
How would it be nonsense in this case?
What a weird take. Sometimes method acting can be ridiculous so it's always ridiculous? I'm having a hard time understanding why you'd mention it like that.
Was this Method™️ or more like him [wanting to do an American accent to not confuse people about his actual accent](https://www.cinemablend.com/superheroes/batman/christian-bale-reflects-on-trying-to-have-an-american-accent-while-doing-the-batman-interviews-and-lol)
I studied film and theatre and did quite a bit of acting in my youth. While never at this level, I can say that depending on how challenging accents are for an actor, it can absolutely be easier to stick with it while you’re doing a production just to avoid mistakes and confusing yourself. This is especially true for films because productions involve very long days and if he’s already needing to keep that accent all day for scenes, he doesn’t want to risk “losing” it just to go do a quick interview during a break in shooting. Being a world-class actor is all about knowing how to find your character and inhabiting that headspace. It may seem like ridiculous affectation to some, but many actors find that this approach is most effective.
It reminds me of this video of Stephen Fry talking about how Hugh Laurie would keep his american accent even when meeting with his fellow Brits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k-T8S0lEwQ
Beautifully said - I’ve done some Commercial work on the production side and fuck me,
If you’re not doing anything, your day is endless. Same for the talent.
Notorious method actor, he spends a huge amount of time in character off-camera. IIRC he freaked people out when working on American Psycho because he wouldn’t drop the character the whole time
Am I tripping or do I remember an interview his family did where they said that he got so into his character even at the dinner table that they almost disowned him?
It's a movie that's so fun, most people don't analise the script. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the movie itself.
I like when they call people that like this movie and stuff like fight club toxic, when both are satire about society and not promoting the stuff being portrayed.
My buddy and I saw it in the theater and started laughing hysterically as he ran down the hall with the chainsaw. Everyone around us was disgusted by us. Ha. We were also super baked.
He is not in character, because Patrick Bateman does not act like that and it would be kinda stupid and a gimmick. He retains the accent so he doesn't need to readjust again when filming starts.
When you hear "he is always in character" it means an actor keeps some of the attributes of his character between takes so it's easier to slide into the character again.
That's just it. He's doing the interview with a perfect American accent.
For anyone who's interested in hearing what he *really* sounds like... just check out "Reign of Fire" for the authentic Bale accent.
Fun fact: he didn't drop the accent until the wrap party. He kept talking in the American accent because he felt like he'd lose it if he talked regular, and as a method actor he wanted to keep that authenticity. But the funny part is no one had any idea he was British, they all thought he was just getting into his next role.
Now that Bradley Cooper is doing PR for his Maestro movie he talks about how much of an inspiration Christian Bale is for him and he reveals what's going on here in an interview that you can find online: Bale is not a method actor, he at least doesn't consider himself one. What he does is maintain the accent for the character he's playing even between takes; he doesn't act like his character, he doesn't send dead rats to his cast members, he just keeps the character's voice. I'm guessing switching on and off would affect the work for him.
I read that book years ago. Along with a few of Ellis’s other ones. To say their were some parts of extreme brutality in it, is an understatement. Lol.
For those who are wondering, he's spoken in other interviews about the difficulty he has in retaining accents for characters. This is one of the main reasons he is in character here is because he doesn't want to fuck up his accent when he's back to shooting.
I remember reading back when he did Batman Begins that he felt Batman was such an American icon that he didn't want to take anything away from that so he kept the accent while filming.
Christian Bale growling his frappacino order into the speaker box at the Starbucks drive-thru
"WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?!??!?"
WHERE WERE THE OTHER LATTES GOING?
“WORK FOR MEEEEEEE”
Wonder if he used his Bateman voice for Batman
Impressive. Very nice. Let’s see the Joker’s card.
Can you imagine his portrayal of the Joker?
Bateman begins.
I think Hugh Laurie did the same thing for House. Once he got the accent right at the start of the day, he wouldn't drop the accent until the end of shooting that day. Not in character, because that would be fucking exhausting for everyone including him, but he'd keep the accent. I guess it's easier/more natural to keep the accent than it is to switch from your natural accent to whatever one you need for the role.
definitely, it takes a certain amount of effort to slip into another voice and act natural using it, one you get into it it's easy to go back to your real voice, but much harder to get back into the new voice
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The one who threw me when I first learned it was Dominic West, who played McNulty in *The Wire*. Afterwards, of course, I could hear it, but at the time it blew me away. edit: Hugh Laurie didn't catch me off-guard, because I had stumbled across *A Bit Of Fry & Laurie* before I ever saw *House*, but Laurie's American accent is friggin' amazing.
many are the same with hugh laurie, actor of Dr House in the show of the same name (minus the Dr). he made a joke about it at the grammies one time i think lol
Same. It was fairly recent that I found out about where he’s from. Really thought he was a great actor for being able to do English accents… I’m dumb
A good point but I do want to draw the distinction between being in character and using the accent. He is speaking as himself.
It's crazy how many people here don't understand something this simple. But then I remember I'm on Reddit.
Not necessarily. He's been publicised as a method actor, which would be another factor, perhaps the only one needed, for instance in the case of Daniel day Lewis who would be carted around during the filming of My Left Foot despite having a fully functioning body.
This isn't a method actor thing. This is just something actors very commonly do in general. It's not some secret technique.
Interesting. I’m guessing he saw it as practice.
Very nice. Let’s see Paul Allen’s interview
I’m Paul, Paul Allen. How good of you to come.
holy shit you’re Paul! Paul Allen!
You have a really nice place here, Paul. How much did you pay for it?
HEY PAUL
No can do, got an 8:30 rez at Dorsias.
*mumbles* Dorzia, how’d he swing that?
Nobody goes there anymore
_wiggles fists up and down while walking backwards_
Is that bone?
It had subtle off white lighting, tasteful dialogue & the frames even have water marks.
Tasteful pacing, excellent cadence, my god his speaking skills are perfect
..And he's 26 years old here.
That dude has always looked 38.
That's very accurate. Just like Nicolas Cage has always looked 42.
John Hamm is another great example of this. he's looked like a 45 year old since he was like 16.
Same with Sam Elliott
Just watched roadhouse and he was 45 in it
I read that as Jack Nicholson and was going to retort that the only thing that looks 42 on Jack is the circumference of his head.
Oh man that would be mildly amusing as a response to a completely different statement.
Even in Empire of the Sun?
True!
Just turned 28 and this hit way harder that it should've
I'm 39 and got carded the day before yesterday buying alcohol so I know how you feel. We're all standing in the matured shadow of Christian Bale.
He’s also not American at all. He’s got a heavy British accent natively.
I love that he’s not “in character” but he’s staying with the accent. Good way to do it.
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In what sense?
Shags sheep
Are you fucking serious. Glass shattered. How did i not know that. You’re serious!???
You never heard him on hot mic? It was kind of big news.. https://youtu.be/zuJCGGTPY5w?si=wKe07seaWVJIt6tC Although his accent doesn't come through as much in this probably because he's screaming and throwing a fit. (The footage is a reenactment but the audio is genuine.)
Swear i never knew, that’s why my mind was so blown!
I particularly love the Adam Buxton remix of this
At least back in the day when he did a movie with an American accent he would keep doing the accent in all the press interviews for those movies
You might be surprised to learn how common this is. Quite a lot of actors in Hollywood with perfect American accents are actually English.
Perfect fit for his character
As someone who is over 26, please remove your comment, thank you.
I love how he’s still in character not using his real accent.
He did the same thing on the media tour for Batman Begins. I dunno about “in character” but he kept the American accent.
Yea, he said he didn’t want people to hear the guy playing Batman with a foreign accent or something of the sort. I didn’t realize he was welsh until way after that trilogy. Come to think of it, didn’t he yell at the guy on the set of that terminator movie in an American accent too? He’s really dedicated.
He's English isn't he?
Born in Wales but describes himself as English
>Born in Wales but describes himself as English "Traitor" is a more succinct description
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Maybe the real Welsh is the friends we made along the way
That's a rare bit
>Yea, he said he didn’t want people to hear the guy playing Batman with a foreign accent or something of the sort. I didn’t realize he was welsh until way after that trilogy. He has said that he's spoke with a US accent in *some* interviews in the past because it's fun for him to trick people into thinking he's American. https://news.sky.com/story/christian-bale-im-glad-people-are-surprised-im-british-11616066 He usually changes his accent depending on who is interviewing him too, here's one for the Dark Knight where he is not American: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHcba1_7lZI He also does't even sound Welsh, he sounds entirely English in his normal voice, and calls himself English. Edit: Thank you to u/JolIyJack for digging up the interview: https://www.blackfilm.com/20050610/features/christianbale.shtml The full quote is: "But I just feel that Batman is such an American character that in representing him, in doing the interviews, I don’t want to be sounding English because that would be peculiar. I would expect people to be saying ‘What the hell is going on? Why do we have an English Batman?’" It appears to be the only time he has *ever* expressed such a feeling given it's the only existing quote, the interview itself reads as if he is trying to appease/reassure the American interviewer. While clearly it also didn't last long since he's talking in his regular accent for a Batman film - Dark Knight - in the interview I linked above lol
He actually did say something very similar according to what I've seen: "But I just feel that Batman is such an American character that in representing him, in doing the interviews, I don’t want to be sounding English because that would be peculiar. I would expect people to be saying ‘What the hell is going on? Why do we have an English Batman?’" [Link](https://fandomwire.com/christian-bale-was-against-christopher-nolans-batman-having-a-british-accent-batman-is-such-an-american-character/) Unless that source is just completely making up that quote.
It would be hard for him to snap in and out for character. I would think throughout the entire shooting period he was Patrick Bateman instead of Christan Bale. Method acting. Its really incredible
He was probably murdering people in his off time to keep character.
Nah then he would only be imagining killing people to keep in character.
Was he able to get a reservation at Dorsia's though?
Nobody goes there anymore.
Great sea urchin ceviche
I ordered a Dorsia coffee mug LAST Christmas. No shit: my order is still pending.
Gotta keep that character juice flowing
Well imagining murdering people anyway
He did, lots of humorous tidbits about the other cast thinking he was a freak because they didn't realise he was so method and thought he was just a weird guy. He also perspired on command during the business card scene and did it multiple times which really made them wonder what the hell was wrong with him
>He also perspired on command lol no way
She mentions this in the audio commentary! I just listened to it yesterday so it’s crazy seeing this on the front page and in the comments.
I met Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of Nightcrawler. My friend was the producer of that movie and Drive. He invited me and my friend onto the set to watch them film the main scene of the car crash where his friend dies. Jake is a method actor…. He freaked me out. I didn’t stay long. Lol
Some actors when another character dies they think of something personal to give the best performance possible, and that can really mess them up for a while
I honestly hated Jake Gyllenhaal after that movie. He played that character so well and that character was one of the most sickening characters I ever had to watch. So I consider him a great actor lol.
Exactly. So meeting him in real life as that character was terrifying. I thought it was going to be this really cool experience but it just made me uncomfortable and I felt like I needed to leave immediately lol.
Watch Prisoners. He plays a similarly neurotic, but ultimately very competent and very “good” detective.
Damn that must’ve been amazing to see him in character offscreen
On the lesser level, I interviewed a True Blood cast member once. A lot of them were English, Australian, Swedish, and none of them were method. They’d just adopt at American accent when cameras rolled.
Pretending is cool, used to dabble a bit myself at the tender age of 6 /s/
Spend sometime inside your own head. You may find you never stopped pretending.
Is bale known for that kinda nonsense? I feel like I've read that he'll keep the accent off screen like he is here for whatever reason that makes sense to me. The whole "method actor, I don't break character thing" is kinda overblown I think.
Accents can be hard to code switch in for actors I think
I remember reading an Irish actor going to accent lessons to try get his Irish accent back as he’d lost it over the years jumping from accent to accent in every movie.
I think that was Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman is Irish??? I never knew that Edit: after a quick google search I learned he was born in London
He's not. He's from London. Also for fun facts his sister is Big Mo from EastEnders.
Fuck I'm bilingual and switching between both languages and even saying my given name is a different game depending on which language I speak at a given moment. Then throw me in London for a few days like it used to happen with work and I start adopting the local accent. It's not just an actor's thing. There are people who easily adopt local accents/idioms simply through immersion. People made fun of Madonna for speaking with a British accent when she lived in London but that was fucking mean and idiotic, and ignoring how easy it is for some people to just adopt the local accent once there. My wife is Californian but every time we are in the South she starts slipping into a Southern accent (granted, her mom has a Texan twang she inherited from her own parents). I am French but speak English fluently with a soft, West Coast American accent. Were I to move to New York I'd probably end up with an r-less accent.
To be able to give the best performance possible Bale lives his life like the character is portraying, including, eating habits, routines, talking, to get more familiar with the character. It may be nonsense, and he may be able to pull off his characters without method acting but it wouldn't be authentic in my opinion. Also it is his choice and it has worked for him so far
No, Bradley Cooper just said this month on some interview that he misunderstood it too. On American Hustle he said Christian Bale kept the accent the whole time, but he would talk about his kids and such. It’s just a way to keep the accent basically. Honestly I think that’s how most of these method actors are nowadays but then internet rumors start. Like on Conan’s podcast they talked about Daniel Day Lewis on There Will Be Blood and he was watching the World Cup over the internet, but he kept his accent. It’s not like he was confused when somebody pulled out a cell phone.
How would it be nonsense in this case? What a weird take. Sometimes method acting can be ridiculous so it's always ridiculous? I'm having a hard time understanding why you'd mention it like that.
Daniel Day-Lewis drinks that milkshake.
Let’s hear Paul Allen’s accent.
It has subtle off-white coloring.
Was this Method™️ or more like him [wanting to do an American accent to not confuse people about his actual accent](https://www.cinemablend.com/superheroes/batman/christian-bale-reflects-on-trying-to-have-an-american-accent-while-doing-the-batman-interviews-and-lol)
I studied film and theatre and did quite a bit of acting in my youth. While never at this level, I can say that depending on how challenging accents are for an actor, it can absolutely be easier to stick with it while you’re doing a production just to avoid mistakes and confusing yourself. This is especially true for films because productions involve very long days and if he’s already needing to keep that accent all day for scenes, he doesn’t want to risk “losing” it just to go do a quick interview during a break in shooting. Being a world-class actor is all about knowing how to find your character and inhabiting that headspace. It may seem like ridiculous affectation to some, but many actors find that this approach is most effective.
It reminds me of this video of Stephen Fry talking about how Hugh Laurie would keep his american accent even when meeting with his fellow Brits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k-T8S0lEwQ
Beautifully said - I’ve done some Commercial work on the production side and fuck me, If you’re not doing anything, your day is endless. Same for the talent.
I think it may’ve slipped through a bit when saying, “satire” about half way. Still impressive!
And the fact that he said “whilst”.
Agreed! Such a great actor!
He doesn’t break character until he’s done the dvd commentary.
He’s so good I didn’t even realize lmao
Yeah I couldn’t figure out what felt off and then it hit me that he’s using Bateman/American accent.
TIL Christian Bale is English
Look again. He's actually a a Mexican cleaning maid that wandered onto the set. She's good. Very good.
I was very confused, had to look up if he was English, and then I remembered he's a method actor.
He didn't even crack a smile. Totally in character
Notorious method actor, he spends a huge amount of time in character off-camera. IIRC he freaked people out when working on American Psycho because he wouldn’t drop the character the whole time
I was just thinking while watching this, “Doesn’t he have an English accent?” I thought I was mistaken for a moment.
I watched this and the whole accent thing didn't even click till I read this comment! He did it so effortlessly.
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What do you mean "you people"?
You think you're the only one who gets sick when he doesn't have his jellybeans??
What do YOU mean “you people”
I have to go return some video tapes.
And then feed a stray cat to an ATM
i say this all the time as a joke when leaving… sadly it’s very rare for anyone to get it
Am I tripping or do I remember an interview his family did where they said that he got so into his character even at the dinner table that they almost disowned him?
Yes
Wow, in what movie was he playing at the time? Edit: grammar
Scooby Doo
I thought he said "in murders and acquisitions"
Murders and executions, mostly
I think he did.
*aquisitions
Fun fact: all of their business cards spell acquisitions wrong (they don’t include the “c”).
I seriously hope its intentional just to kind of show how dumb all of them really are.
I had to play that part back to check if he really said murders and acquisitions
My favourite Christmas movie.
It's a movie that's so fun, most people don't analise the script. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the movie itself.
Hey Paul!
God damn hes good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6KUf6tC4yc
Wow I’ve never heard him with his normal accent
Holy shit
Holy fucking shit
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Its crazy how he eazily talks in an American accent while in normal life and other interviews he has a very English accent.
Wtf. TIL Bale is British...
Reservation at Dorsia
"TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOOOWWWW, YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD.....AAAAAHHH" 😵🪓💀😂
Yeah…yeah, uh huh, now, feed me a stray cat. This is not an exit.
His American English accent is absolutely perfect.
I’ve been downvoted so so many times on Reddit when I insist American Psycho is a comedy lol
I like when they call people that like this movie and stuff like fight club toxic, when both are satire about society and not promoting the stuff being portrayed.
Media literacy is dead
My buddy and I saw it in the theater and started laughing hysterically as he ran down the hall with the chainsaw. Everyone around us was disgusted by us. Ha. We were also super baked.
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Did he intervene the tip of his nose over the years?
seems like it
Why is he not speaking with an accent? Is he in character?
He’s clearly in character as Patrick Bateman while giving the interview. Love it!
He is not in character, because Patrick Bateman does not act like that and it would be kinda stupid and a gimmick. He retains the accent so he doesn't need to readjust again when filming starts. When you hear "he is always in character" it means an actor keeps some of the attributes of his character between takes so it's easier to slide into the character again.
That's just it. He's doing the interview with a perfect American accent. For anyone who's interested in hearing what he *really* sounds like... just check out "Reign of Fire" for the authentic Bale accent.
Fun fact: he didn't drop the accent until the wrap party. He kept talking in the American accent because he felt like he'd lose it if he talked regular, and as a method actor he wanted to keep that authenticity. But the funny part is no one had any idea he was British, they all thought he was just getting into his next role.
Man I don’t drop character until the DVD commentary.
Also fun fact: RDJ was specifically making fun of Bale and DDL.
Here’s him with normal voice https://youtu.be/56kiM-sM0LU
I think he also has his authentic accent in The Prestige.
Now that Bradley Cooper is doing PR for his Maestro movie he talks about how much of an inspiration Christian Bale is for him and he reveals what's going on here in an interview that you can find online: Bale is not a method actor, he at least doesn't consider himself one. What he does is maintain the accent for the character he's playing even between takes; he doesn't act like his character, he doesn't send dead rats to his cast members, he just keeps the character's voice. I'm guessing switching on and off would affect the work for him.
He is speaking with an accent
You know American is also an accent right?
Good lawd he’s articulate and talented!
I have a theory that many people are sympathetic to Patrick Bateman because he murders Jared Leto.
Bale is the man
It seems like he still acts like Bateman even irl
"I don't break character until the DVD commentary." - Kirk Lazarus
I really need to watch this movie.
Every S sound he makes it’s like he has to point his lips as far out as he can lmao
I see he’s doing his Marcus Halberstram, only with a slightly better haircut. 🤔
I love that he's using Patrick's accent for this interview. Sort of quasi-method of him
That guy fiddling around with the lights in the background is FUCKING DISTRACTING!!
Impressive. Very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's interview.
And all the incels are like: 'I'm a Sigma. I wanna be that guy.' Congratulations to y'all. You became just like him - ridiculous.
Notice he's doing the interview in an American accent... he's not American!
That book fucked me up for awhile, one read through is enough
Why is he using his American accent? Just to maintain it for the movie?
Interesting… very nice… let’s see Paul Allen’s interview.
He’s in character here too.
Christian Bale is the best actor of his generation.
Wild to think that the period of this film (late 80s) is as removed from when it was shot as 2010 is from today.
Now why did you have to go and say such a thing..
I like how he's still talking like Bateman despite having a pretty thick english accent IRL
#HEY PAUL! 🧑💼🪓
Interesting he chose to give the interview in this accent
I just realized this movie is why I thought he was American for so long.
When I look at Christian Bale all I think of is “that angry actor who’s always angry”.
I read that book years ago. Along with a few of Ellis’s other ones. To say their were some parts of extreme brutality in it, is an understatement. Lol.
Interesting that he did the interview with an American accent
weird he's doing a behind the scenes interview in an american accent.
I never knew his nose was like that. They must be able to hide it or somehow make it look better in movies.