The evolution of Christian Bale
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'Empire of the Sun' (1987)
Christian Bale’s career took off when he was chosen by Steven Spielberg out of 4,000 hopefuls to play Jim Graham, a pampered upper-class British adolescent living in China.
Shouldering the bulk of the movie, Bale delivered a mature performance and was immediately hailed as the “next big thing”. Bale quickly withdrew from the limelight of the press, shocked by the power of his own success.
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