Christian Bale Thought THE BRIDE! Script Was “Too Risky” For a Studio: “This Must Be a Low-Budget Indie”

Christian Bale Thought THE BRIDE! Script Was “Too Risky” For a Studio: “This Must Be a Low-Budget Indie”

When Christian Bale first cracked open the script for The Bride!, he was convinced something had gone wrong. Not because it was bad, but because it felt too risky to be real.At the London premiere of the film, Bale opened up about his initial reaction to the screenplay from Maggie Gyllenhaal, and it’s the kind of response you want from a big swing monster movie set in 1930s Chicago."I thought I had the wrong script," Bale told Deadline. "I thoug…