The Dark Knight Bale's weight for TDK

[Ronny Shade]

they should let Bale do same spartan training. check it out if you havent already> http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/cmp/journal3.html?id=journal3&type=windows&speed=300000

jesus christ. I think I'll start with jogging and sit-ups.

 

[SuGarRush]

I'm gonna have to agree with Shadow on this one.

The Bats we all know and love is a BIG dude.
Christian Bale was in shape, but could easily drop 5 or 6 pounds of fat and throw on 20 pounds of muscle. Then he'd be about Bats size (225 on a 6 foot frame looking about the same as 240 on a 6' 2" frame)

Bale looked like, well he looked like someone in decent shape, but like Shadow said, anybody that lifts weights knows that comic book writers are great at making up stories, but crap at doing vital stats. Don't go by whats listed, use your eyes. The man lifts too much weight, he's too big to be anything under 225. I think it's safe to make the assumption that most of us have read "The Long Halloween" Remember when Bruce got out of the pool? Remember how physically imposing he was in comparison to Selina and the lil marcone? Bruce is BIG. Not skinny like some ultimate fighter dude. He needs to have the size to loom.
And Bale just wasn't packing it in the film, although from most reports, he really wants to.

 

[Keyser Sushi]

I'm gonna have to agree with Shadow on this one.

The Bats we all know and love is a BIG dude.
Christian Bale was in shape, but could easily drop 5 or 6 pounds of fat and throw on 20 pounds of muscle. Then he'd be about Bats size (225 on a 6 foot frame looking about the same as 240 on a 6' 2" frame)

Bale looked like, well he looked like someone in decent shape, but like Shadow said, anybody that lifts weights knows that comic book writers are great at making up stories, but crap at doing vital stats. Don't go by whats listed, use your eyes. The man lifts too much weight, he's too big to be anything under 225. I think it's safe to make the assumption that most of us have read "The Long Halloween" Remember when Bruce got out of the pool? Remember how physically imposing he was in comparison to Selina and the lil marcone? Bruce is BIG. Not skinny like some ultimate fighter dude. He needs to have the size to loom.
And Bale just wasn't packing it in the film, although from most reports, he really wants to.

WTF? Bale was 225 in Batman Begins. And he looked like Batman. He was massive.

 

[StorminNorman]

Bale looked more than "just a guy in shape". He was huge.

 

[Crooklyn]

I wouldn't go as far to say he was huge, but certainly moderately big. He seemed to be noticeably slimmer in the Gotham scenes (push-ups sequence), compared to ones in Iceland.

I'd like him to keep the bulk (maybe a lil bit bigger), but definitely improve on the muscle definition.

 

[Keyser Sushi]

I wouldn't go as far to say he was huge, but certainly moderately big. He seemed to be noticeably slimmer in the Gotham scenes (push-ups sequence), compared to ones in Iceland.

He did? I didn't see anything like that.

I'd like him to keep the bulk (maybe a lil bit bigger), but definitely improve on the muscle definition.

What was wrong with the muscle definition?

 

[Crooklyn]

He did? I didn't see anything like that.

Yeah, if you look again I'm sure you'll see it. It was even brought up by Bale in an interview once. He got real big at the beginning of filming (Iceland), but Nolan told him to slim down because he thought Bale was too big. At which point, they were filming in the Chi.

What was wrong with the muscle definition?

Nothing in particular. I just like his definition more in American Psycho. I mean you took one look at his build there, and you were like "whoa, that took work". Not so much in BB imo. Maybe it's because he was just more cut in AP.

 

[Keyser Sushi]

Yeah, if you look again I'm sure you'll see it. It was even brought up by Bale in an interview once. He got real big at the beginning of filming (Iceland), but Nolan told him to slim down because he thought Bale was too big. At which point, they were filming in the Chi.

I remember hearing that story, but I didn't know that they had ever filmed anything before he slimmed down. He was 235 or something when he first showed up, I know. He'd been so small for The Machinist that when he built himself up so quick he got a bit too big. But I didn't notice any difference in size between that and the bedroom scene later.

Nothing in particular. I just like his definition more in American Psycho. I mean you took one look at his build there, and you were like "whoa, that took work". Not so much in BB imo. Maybe it's because he was just more cut in AP.

I've never seen that movie, but I've seen the pictures, and yes, he was cut. Too small for Batman, of course, but cut. His physique in BB was more about size and power, not "look at all my pretty naked muscles."

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

Knowing Bale he will be larger than he was before.. last time he had to bulk up very quickly..i would imagine he will about the same size but more cut.

 

[Crooklyn]

I remember hearing that story, but I didn't know that they had ever filmed anything before he slimmed down. He was 235 or something when he first showed up, I know. He'd been so small for The Machinist that when he built himself up so quick he got a bit too big. But I didn't notice any difference in size between that and the bedroom scene later.

Well it's there dammit.

I've never seen that movie, but I've seen the pictures, and yes, he was cut. Too small for Batman, of course, but cut. His physique in BB was more about size and power, not "look at all my pretty naked muscles."

I agree. That's why I said keep the size from BB, and get the cutness from AP. Bale would definitely look cut out from the comic pages then.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

WTF? Bale was 225 in Batman Begins. And he looked like Batman. He was massive.

No he wasn't. That was an outright lie.

This is not 225, maybe 200 even (the movie claimed he got to 220 and then slimmed down...so maybe as high as 210)

This guy lists his stats as 6'0, 225

This guy is 231 and 6 feet

Both are far larger than Bale.

 

[Keyser Sushi]

No he wasn't. That was an outright lie.

LOL. Whatever.

This is not 225, maybe 200 even.

HAHAHAHAHA. Okay. Prove it.

This guy lists his stats as 6'0, 225

Yep. The only real difference between this and Bale in that picture above is this guys trapezius muscles are larger. Otherwise, he looks about the same size.

This guy is 231 and 6 feet

That looks about the same as the above pic of Bale in BB.

Both are far larger than Bale.

Lay off the crack, bucko.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

No he wasn't. That was an outright lie.

This is not 225, maybe 200 even (the movie claimed he got to 220 and then slimmed down...so maybe as high as 210)

This guy lists his stats as 6'0, 225

This guy is 231 and 6 feet

Both are far larger than Bale.

Bruce, isn't suppose to be a bodybuilder, those guys, may have a larger build then bale, but, that cause there mostly muscle, and it all depends on how your mass is disputed, bale could still weight the same as those guy with out looking as bulked up

 

[Boom]

If Christian Bale looked like the Spartans from 300, I'd **** myself.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

LOL. Whatever.
Yep. The only real difference between this and Bale in that picture above is this guys trapezius muscles are larger. Otherwise, he looks about the same size.

And chest, and arms, both much bigger...and legs too, because the guy listed his squat at over 600 (he was repping 600)

That looks about the same as the above pic of Bale in BB.

Uhhhh....no

Lay off the crack, bucko.

Actually you need to trying training once in a while. I work with football players here at school through the fitness department. Bale looks about the size of the 180 lbs crowd and carries considerably more bodyfat (accounting for that extra weight). Considering in neither picture his abs are not visible I ballpark him around 15% bodyfat (that's pretty standard for guys in decent shape).

Bale lost 63 pounds for the machinist, in which he was playing at 121lbs.

Dropped an amazing 63 pounds for his role as the emaciated insomniac Trevor Reznik in the film Maquinista, El (2004) with only a single vitamin consultation with a nutritionist to guide him. For the most part, he only ate salads and apples, chewed gum, smoked cigarettes, and drank nonfat lattes.

For Batman he said he went on a pizza and dougnuts diet and gained back his original weight plus 20 pounds.

63+20=83

83+121=204 (Remember I said around 200 pounds even).

They also said upon his return he was fat and could barely run to the end of the filming studio. Meaning he dropped weight. 200 is probably a conservative guess.

200 is a substantial weight for someone of any age. Most people at 6 feet are comfortable around 180 barring them being either extremely strong or prone to high bodyfat. You can obtain such information by looking at the BMI.

Also considering he had six months to work out, it's a physical impossibility to put on that much weight (over 100 pounds) safely in 6 months. Hell 80 pounds with fat is astounding (However to be fair, when you deprive your body that much it will work overtime to get that weight back)

However he'd have to be on major steroids considering Arnold's goal was to gain 20-25lbs a YEAR.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Bruce, isn't suppose to be a bodybuilder, those guys, may have a larger build then bale, but, that cause there mostly muscle, and it all depends on how your mass is disputed, bale could still weight the same as those guy with out looking as bulked up

He isn't

I will give you this though. In the suit they designed for the movie the weight of the actor inside is rather inconsequential. He will look huge as Batman regardless because the suit is designed to add about 20 to 30 pounds to whatever existing physique it takes to fit inside it. So really he could bulk up, and if you never showed him shirtless or training, the work would be for naught. And honestly there is no need to show off a physique for no damn reason.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

they should let Bale do same spartan training. check it out if you havent already> http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/cmp/journal3.html?id=journal3&type=windows&speed=300000

I've actually done quiet a bit of those exercises featuredt: That's really neat stuff they have them doing. I really enjoy what I see.

 

[Crooklyn]

Actually you need to trying training once in a while. I work with football players here at school through the fitness department. Bale looks about the size of the 180 lbs crowd and carries considerably more bodyfat (accounting for that extra weight).

I'm at 5'11 & 185lbs. I'd still say Bale is noticeably (but not by a large margin) bigger than me. Though I suppose that's why you added in the bodyfat bit at the end. But still, it can't make that much of a difference in size, can it?

 

[ShadowBoxing]

I'm at 5'11 & 185lbs. I'd still say Bale is noticeably (but not by a large margin) bigger than me. Though I suppose that's why you added in the bodyfat bit at the end. But still, it can't make that much of a difference in size, can it?

Huge difference. Muscles weighs twice as much as fat does. And furthermore, if you work out alot a 185lbs in shape guy looks way different from someone who is just normal.

Plus because Muscle weighs twice as much as fat it takes more of it to increase proportional size.

Trust me, so far my roomate has come in, and I've asked him the same question. No one yet has pegged him as 225. He is 200 at most. Maybe considering bodyfat he makes 205. However reports are skeptical in hollywood. None of those stars are of considerable size. Even Brad Pitt weights 163.

They really expect me to believe this is 200+ lbs.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

I'm moderately sure that is physically impossible...but that is Batman.

So basically bigger than Bale...but probably only 20 or 30 pounds or so. So If Bale can get to this.

 

[Ronny Shade]

If Christian Bale looked like the Spartans from 300, I'd **** myself.

You wouldn't have to. I'd **** you.

 

[Retroman]

I'm moderately sure that is physically impossible...but that is Batman.

So basically bigger than Bale...but probably only 20 or 30 pounds or so. So If Bale can get to this.

A scene like that in the batcave would be pretty cool.Just to show how far Bruce pushes himself.

 

[bane]

They really expect me to believe this is 200+ lbs.

^This pic is streched...and yes this is 200+ lbs

 

[7Hells]

I wouldn't go as far to say he was huge, but certainly moderately big. He seemed to be noticeably slimmer in the Gotham scenes (push-ups sequence), compared to ones in Iceland.

I noticed that and was wondering why the heck there was such a difference. Thanks for the info Crook.
Id rather see him be bigger rather than more defined, though I know, it would make more sense for him to be smaller and more defined. This is just one of the aspects of the movies where I dont give a crap how true it is to the comics.

 

[7Hells]

Bruce, isn't suppose to be a bodybuilder, those guys, may have a larger build then bale, but, that cause there mostly muscle, and it all depends on how your mass is disputed, bale could still weight the same as those guy with out looking as bulked up

Im going to assume you meant "distributed", I agree.
Bodybuilders build for the appearance of mass rather than strength and weight. There are specific differences in technique when training for both and this is why Bale could possibly weigh more while looking smaller.