Overview
- Bale said the transformation for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! took up to six hours of prosthetics, makeup and hair each day.
- He described screaming in the makeup chair as a coping method to prevent himself from “going crazy” and to release “desperation.”
- The actor noted the process demanded a high degree of sitting still for prolonged periods.
- His account was published by Entertainment Weekly and subsequently reported by multiple German outlets.
- The Frankenstein-inspired horror-musical co-stars Jessie Buckley and Penélope Cruz and is scheduled to open in German cinemas on March 5.