The acting world’s leading masochist, Christian Bale, who swam in snake-infested Thai rivers and ate live maggots to star in Werner Herzog’s Rescue Dawn, insists his job isn’t that tough.

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Bale’s explanation of why he stays in character between takes is, shall we say, interesting.

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