{"id":2318072,"date":"2026-03-08T08:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2318072"},"modified":"2026-03-08T08:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:54:19","slug":"academy-award-winner-christian-bale-admits-that-he-doesnt-watch-that-many-films-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/academy-award-winner-christian-bale-admits-that-he-doesnt-watch-that-many-films-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Academy Award-Winner Christian Bale Admits That He Doesn\u2019t \u2018Watch That Many Films\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Christian Bale told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that he doesn&#8217;t &#8220;watch that many films&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actor has won an Oscar, plus SAG Awards and Golden Globe Awards, among other accolades<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bale&#8217;s latest film, <em>The Bride!, <\/em>is now playing in theaters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/christian-bale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Christian Bale;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Christian Bale<\/a> might be an award-winning actor, but he admits he needs to catch up on his film viewing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actor, 52, who plays Frankenstein&#8217;s monster in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jessie-buckley-christian-bale-frankenstein-the-bride-trailer-11801456\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Bride!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Bride!<\/em><\/a>, spoke exclusively with PEOPLE at the film&#8217;s premiere in New York City on Tuesday, March 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the conversation at The Rose Theatre at Jazz at Lincoln Center, he revealed that he hasn&#8217;t watched <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jacob-elordi-8742141\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jacob Elordi;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jacob Elordi<\/a>&#8216;s performance as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/actors-who-played-frankenstein-monster-11845813\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the same character;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the same character<\/a> in Guillermo Del Toro&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/frankenstein-movie-ending-explained-11845037\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2025 adaptation of Frankenstein;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2025 adaptation of <em>Frankenstein<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I hear it&#8217;s fantastic,&#8221; Bale \u2014 who has won an Oscar, plus SAG Awards and Golden Globe Awards, among other accolades \u2014 said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I just don&#8217;t watch that many movies,&#8221; the actor further explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Christian Bale in &#8216;The Bride!&#8217; (left) and Jacob Elordi in &#8216;Frankenstein&#8217; (right)<br \/>Credit: Niko Tavernise\/Warner Bros. Pictures; Ken Woroner\/Netflix<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It&#8217;s not just Elordi&#8217;s <em>Frankenstein <\/em>that Bale has missed. The <em>American Psycho <\/em>actor told PEOPLE he hasn&#8217;t caught up on his costar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/actor-awards-2026-jessie-buckley-makes-hamnet-costar-emily-watson-cry-11916993\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jessie Buckley;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jessie Buckley<\/a>&#8216;s performance in <em>Hamnet<\/em>, which has been sweeping major awards this season ahead of her Best Actress nomination at the 98th Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I just know Jessie as The Bride,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, Buckley, 36, revealed her favorite role of Bale&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I mean,<em>\u00a0The Fighter<\/em>, I think, is extraordinary.\u00a0<em>The Machinist<\/em>, I mean, I don&#8217;t think anybody has created a character like that, that he has,&#8221; she told PEOPLE at the Manhattan premiere.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Christian Bale (left) and Jessie Buckley (right) in 'The Bride!'Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/BBr1FMv1zfNHJmNEnaIfvA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/bcd9ec3bedbd85000e5522e12800ab20\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Christian Bale (left) and Jessie Buckley (right) in &#8216;The Bride!&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;He annoyingly never does a bad performance,&#8221; Buckley continued. &#8220;When you step onto set with Christian, you&#8217;re going to work. You&#8217;re gonna have to stand beside and fill a space opposite this incredible artist, and bring it with him, but I love him dearly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She added: &#8220;I think he&#8217;s the most incredible actor, and I feel so lucky to have worked with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Bride! <\/em>is now playing in theaters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/christian-bale-doesnt-watch-many-films-exclusive-11919348\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Christian Bale told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that he doesn&#8217;t &#8220;watch that many films&#8221; The actor has won an Oscar, plus SAG Awards and Golden Globe Awards, among other accolades Bale&#8217;s latest film, The Bride!, is now playing in theaters Christian Bale might be an award-winning actor, but he admits he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2318073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[357797,387660,103955,309841,346353,336188,403660,413199],"class_list":["post-2318072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-christian-bale","tag-golden-globe-awards","tag-guillermo-del-toro","tag-jacob-elordi","tag-jazz-at-lincoln-center","tag-jessie-buckley","tag-now-playing-in-theaters","tag-sag-awards"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Academy-Award-Winner-Christian-Bale-Admits-That-He-Doesnt-\u2018Watch-That.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2318074,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318072\/revisions\/2318074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}