# The kid in Newsies reminds me of the guy from American Psycho **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049 "2006-02-12T00:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/1 "2006-02-12T00:19:25Z")
kinda, in the nose at least… That’s what I was thinking while I was watching _Newsies_ this evening. The the credits roll: Christian fucking Bale! Jesus Christ! Is this move _that_ old?! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/2 "2006-02-12T00:26:35Z")
1992, according to the IMDB. Looking at Bale’s entry there, I’m surprised to see that he was also the young boy who hung out with Hal and Falstaff at Mistress Quickly’s inn, in Brannagh’s _Henry V_. That’s one of my all-time favorite movies. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/3 "2006-02-12T01:42:11Z")
He’s amazing in Empire of the Sun. Now, I have to go return some videotapes. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/4 "2006-02-12T07:04:44Z")
You Christian Bale fans, especially those who liked him in _Batman Begins_, need to rent _Equilibrium_. It’s a sci-fi movie: a blatant ripoff/pastiche of 1984, Brave New World, and Fahrenheit 451, but with dystopian futuristic visuals obviously inspired by _The Matrix_, and an awesome new fighting style that would never work in real life, but looks amazing on screen. Taye Diggs and Sean Bean are in it too, which should hopefully interest those who like the male eye candy, if the violence and action don’t do anything for them. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/5 "2006-02-12T08:08:43Z")
The first time I saw Christian Bale act was before _Empire of the Sun_. He was in a simple British drama set in the countryside, and though he just played a small role as the son of the family, he stood out as being a fine young actor. He would’ve been around 11 or 12 years old. Looking through IMDb, I guess this is the one here: [Heart of the Country](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090446/). ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/6 "2006-02-12T14:46:21Z")
I think this is better-suited for Cafe Society. I’ll bail it outta here and move it there. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/7 "2006-02-12T15:53:29Z")
Christian Bale is my boyfriend. We’re gonna get married and raise horses and peonies. I’ll stay home and keep the kitchen warm and smelling of bread while he’s out grooming livestock and working out. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/8 "2006-02-12T16:41:06Z")
Did he do the actual singing in Empire? Or was that overdubbed? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/9 "2006-02-12T17:32:49Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Christian Bale is my boyfriend. We’re gonna get married and raise horses and peonies. I’ll stay home and keep the kitchen warm and smelling of bread while he’s out grooming livestock and working out. Back off-I saw him first! _Newsies_ is where I first saw that fine specimen of male that is Christian. My god, that man is walking, breathing sex. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/10 "2006-02-12T17:36:37Z")
For a downright scary Bale, watch [The Machinist](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361862/) in which he lost a whole lot of weight. Looked like one of the Auschwitz folks. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/11 "2006-02-12T23:12:08Z")
He didn’t do the singing, though Spielberg certainly found a voice that could’ve been his. I loved Equilibrium. It pulled off the blatant ripoff pretty well. Kurt Wimmer (the director) has a new one coming out “Ultraviolet” with the lovely Milla Jovovich. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/12 "2006-02-12T23:21:45Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > For a downright scary Bale, watch [The Machinist](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361862/) in which he lost a whole lot of weight. Looked like one of the Auschwitz folks. Yeah, but then he put on all that [glorious muscle](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/christianabs.jpg) for _Batman Begins_. _drool_ ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/13 "2006-02-12T23:28:12Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Did he do the actual singing in Empire? Or was that overdubbed? In case anyone other than me wondered about the song that the childrens’ chorus sung at the beginning of Empire of the Sun, it’s apparent a Welsh lullaby called Suo Gan. I thought it was hauntingly beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/14 "2006-02-12T23:36:38Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Yeah, but then he put on all that [glorious muscle](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/christianabs.jpg) for _Batman Begins_. > > _drool_ I’ll see your Batman Begins and raise you two [_American_](http://www.moviesection.de/v3/img/datenbank/41_robinhood1.jpg) [_Psycho_](http://magnitkacd.fatal.ru/wall/am_psycho.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/15 "2006-02-13T00:09:34Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > I loved Equilibrium. It pulled off the blatant ripoff pretty well. Kurt Wimmer (the director) has a new one coming out “Ultraviolet” with the lovely Milla Jovovich. I didn’t realize Ultraviolet was by the same guy! Now I’ll definitely see it. We just saw our first commercial for it, and my roommate said it looked like absolute crap, and I said it looked like a ripoff of The Matrix, Underworld, Aeon Flux, Kill Bill, and also Equilibrium… but that it still looked like fun. ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/16 "2006-02-13T05:16:20Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > I’ll see your Batman Begins and raise you two [_American_](http://www.moviesection.de/v3/img/datenbank/41_robinhood1.jpg) [_Psycho_](http://magnitkacd.fatal.ru/wall/am_psycho.jpg). _looks at pictures, wipes drool from chin_ ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-in-newsies-reminds-me-of-the-guy-from-american-psycho/344049/17 "2006-02-13T18:57:03Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Did he do the actual singing in Empire? Or was that overdubbed? The voice belongs to [James Rainbird](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=music&field-artist=James%20Rainbird/203-7311300-3874302).