Published 08.22.08 in Metro
He studied the Secretariat method
We’re going to go ahead and assume that the months-long publicity Olympics Christian Bale
has been participating in have been a bit tiring. But with all the
noise about his mom’s assault accusations dying down, the “Dark Knight”
star is back to facing an endless barrage of questions about his craft.
And we’re starting to think he’s messing with us.
In Tokyo doing press for “The Greatest Film Achievement of Our Time and Just Give Heath All the Oscars Already: The IMAX Experience,” Bale was asked by the Japan Times Online what made him such a great actor and he responded, “I love horses.”
Um, OK. Sure. Yes, Christian, horses are pretty. But what about the acting? “Actors are possibly the most self-conscious people on Earth,” Bale said. “But watching horses, and riding horses, I’ve learned a lot about nature, about being natural. Once you master a horse — but it also masters you — you gain more confidence in yourself.”
OK, better. Though we’re starting to suspect there might have been some issues in the translation. But the translation also masters you.
Now, before we go, Christian, can you say something that we can take out of context to get everyone all hot and bothered? “When you can mount it and move it and move along with it, that is a hard-won and very real accomplishment.”
There, was that so hard?
Crunching the numbers
While most of the country has been fussing over the latest poll results for that presidential election thingy, In Touch has kept its focus on what’s truly important: mancake.
The magazine has just released its list of “Hollywood’s Best Abs,” and in a last-minute upset after voter fraud in Nebraska, David Beckham has claimed the top spot. Coming in second is someone named Robert Buckley, who we learned from Google is on “Lipstick Jungle,” which explains why we’ve never heard of him. Third place went to Mario Lopez, so, go Bayside?
The only way to say you're sorry
Perhaps distracted by being left out from the whole Best Abs brouhaha, George Clooney rear-ended a woman while out for a drive in Italy. To make up for it (as if the rear-ending was a bad thing, apparently), Clooney secretly replaced her damaged car. The woman showed up to the mechanic to find a brand new Lancia Ypsilon (Google it. They’re adorable) and a note saying, “I’m so sorry. Hope you’ll forgive me. George Clooney.”
We are totally using that for all our apology letters.