Christian Bale has claimed Leonardo DiCaprio gets the first dibs on every major male movie role in Hollywood in a new interview.
The 48-year-old Batman actor said “as of now, any role anyone gets is only because they passed it on first” while speaking with GQ.
Bale added that he and other actors in the 47-year-old Titanic star’s age range owe their careers to him: ‘I would suspect that almost everyone his age in Hollywood owes their careers to him by sending him any project. ‘
Hollywood preview: Christian Bale claimed Leonardo DiCaprio gets the first dibs on every major male movie role in Hollywood in a new interview with GQ
‘It doesn’t matter what anyone tells you. It doesn’t matter how friendly you are with the directors. All these people that I worked with many times, they all offered him each of these roles first,” added the English actor.
“I had one of those people tell me that. So thank you, Leo, because he literally gets to choose whatever he does. And good for him, he’s phenomenal.
The conversation came as interviewer Zach Baron brought up the fact that DiCaprio – who started out in film as a child just like Bale, and is only 10 months younger than him – was cast for the first time. in the 2000 film American Psycho in front of Bale.
First dibs: The Batman actor, 48, says ‘to this day, any role anyone gets is only because they passed it on first’; (L) Bale pictured 2022, (R) DiCaprio pictured 2021
Thanks, Leo! The actor added: “I would suspect that almost everyone his age in Hollywood owes him their career by passing any project to him.”
Although Bale ended up playing the role of Patrick Bateman – a New York City investment banker by day and a serial killer by night – after DiCaprio dropped out, he had apparently lost five other film roles in the years. 90, including Titanic.
Bale stressed “it’s not just me” and that every male role is offered to the Gatsby actor first.
When asked if he took it personally, Bale replied: “No. Do you know how grateful I am to get anything? I mean, I can’t do what he does. I wouldn’t want the exposure he has either.
He offered further words of praise for the Los Angeles native, adding, “He does it beautifully.”
Leo first: ‘It doesn’t matter how friendly you are with the directors. All these people I’ve worked with many times, they all offered him each of these roles first’; Pictured 2019
Phenomenal: The actor, who apparently lost five film roles to Leo in the 90s, including Titanic, added: ‘He can choose whatever he does. And good for him, he’s phenomenal’ DiCaprio pictured with Kate Winslet in Titanic image
There are conflicting stories as to why DiCaprio left American Psycho, with one theory being that he had creative differences with Oliver Stone, who was set to direct the film at the time.
Another theory from the film’s co-writer Guinevere Turner revealed that it may have been a meeting with Gloria Steinem, who didn’t approve of the violence against women in the film, that made DiCaprio quit.
“My friend, who had just spoken to Gloria Steinem, said that Gloria Steinem took Leonardo DiCaprio to a Yankees game. I believe,” she said, “Please don’t make this movie. After Titanic, there’s a whole planet full of 13-year-old girls waiting to see what you do next, and it’s going to be a movie that has horrific violence against women,” she recalled in an interview with Vice. in 2020.
Other roles Bale reportedly lost to DiCaprio include This Boy’s Life (1993) and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993).
Kept that one: Bale also nearly lost his role as Patrick Bateman – a New York City investment banker by day and a serial killer by night – in American Psycho to DiCaprio, who was first cast in the film but then gave up
Elsewhere in the GQ interview, Bale revealed he acted as a “mediator” between Amy Adams and David O. Russell on the controversial set of 2013 crime comedy American Hustle.
Years ago, a leaked email from Sony hacks alleged that David had “abused” Amy to the point where Christian had to intervene. She herself has since described feeling “devastated” on the set of the film “most” days.
Now Christian has backed up previous claims he got involved when tensions erupted between Amy and her director: ‘If I can figure out where this is coming from, then I tend to try to be a mediator’ , Christian said.
“It’s just in my nature, to try to say, ‘Hey, come on, let’s go and sit down and figure this out. There must be a way to make this all work.
Flashback: Elsewhere in the GQ interview, Bale also revealed he acted as a “mediator” between Amy Adams and David O. Russell on the controversial set of the 2013 crime comedy American Hustle; The trio on set