Christian Bale, You Need Career Advice
By Brett Buckalew, Special to Hollywood.com
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
4. Give the romantic comedy genre a try.
Sure, there are plenty of lazy rom-coms out there that are beneath an actor of Bale’s caliber, but the performer brought so much warmth and tenderness to the role of John Rolfe, Pocahontas’ husband, in The New World that it’s easy to envision him in the kind of quality romantic comedy that’s tinged with bittersweet feeling — a Cameron Crowe-esque genre effort. It’s a shame, then, that Crowe seems to have no plans to work in the near future, though Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral) will do in a pinch. A Judd Apatow romantic comedy may demand an uncharacteristic degree of silliness from Bale, though it would be darned interesting to see him try and meet that challenge.
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