This shockingly skinny still captures Christian Bale’s intense physical preparation for filming The Fighter, in which he plays a boxer who becomes addicted to drugs–yikes!

Bale, who previously lost over 30% of his body weight for a role in The Machinist, is a method actor, part of the school of thought that believes an actor should try to think and feel like the character he or she is playing.

Famous method actors include Dustin Hoffman, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Marlon Brando. Let’s hope he’ll gain the weight back in time for the next Batman movie!

This is the perfect example of the challenges artists face in order to achieve their dreams! How far would you go to make your wildest dreams of stardom come true? In the mean time, InstantCast is here to help–submit to a new casting call right now!

Christian Bale will share the screen in The Fighter with not only Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams, but also InstantCast member Cel Gibson–and maybe you, if you apply today!

By Molly, InstantCast staff writer

This just in: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Robert DeNiro, Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman, and Blythe Danner are all returning to the big screen for the 3rd film in the Meet the Parents series!

The film Little Fockers will head into production in July and casting is now underway. Don’t miss out on being a part of this hit series! Click here to join the Fockers on-screen today!