Christian Bale "tempted" to take steroids.

Christian Bale "tempted" to take steroids.

Christian Bale was "tempted" to take steroids.
The actor considered experimenting with the substances when he was trying to
build up his physique for roles in 'Batman Begins' and 'American Psycho'.
He admitted: "I was lifting really heavy weights that I could never dream of
lifting now and probably never will again.
"A number of people have said, 'You could never have done that without some
kind of steroids.' Not to say I wasn't tempted.
"When I was getting ready for 'American Psycho' I'd never been in a gym in
my life and I was working out like crazy, so I thought, 'Maybe it ain't such
a big deal, just take some 'roids' and I can speed up this whole process.' "
Christian was deterred from taking the drugs after being warned of potential
side effects.
He explained: "I called up the store where they're selling that sort of
stuff and asked, 'Have you used it? And side effects?' 'No no. I mean,
really minimal. Your balls might shrink and you might get acne.' I'm like,
there's no way in hell I'm going to touch anything like that and damn those
who think I did."
While he shunned illegal substances to transform his appearance, Christian
did undergo cosmetic dental work - which he still regrets.
He added to Esquire magazine: "When I did 'American Psycho' I did fix my
very English teeth, which I miss dearly. But Bateman couldn't have had the
teeth I had. I kept a mould of my old ones because I did like them and knew
I'd miss them."