"The Babe The Babe is a 1992 American biographical drama film about the life of famed baseball player Babe Ruth, who is portrayed by John Goodman. It was directed by Arthur Hiller, written by John Fusco and released in the United States on April 17, 1992. The story begins in 1902 in Baltimore, Maryland, where a seven-year-old Babe Ruth, troubled and not-so disciplined, is sent to the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a reformatory and orphanage. Ruth is sent by his father, George Herman Ruth Sr. (Bob Swan), who cannot handle raising the boy. At the school, Ruth is"
"was Cooper's age (41), particularly in scenes involving Gehrig as a young man. Cinematographer Rudolph Maté lighted Cooper from below during those early scenes to conceal lines and wrinkles, then gradually reduced and finally eliminated the lighting effect as the story progressed. Another important (and problematic) casting decision was Babe Ruth, as himself. Ruth's health had been declining steadily since his retirement in 1935, and by 1942 he weighed nearly 270 pounds. He was put on a strict diet to achieve a presentable weight before filming began. This rapid weight loss, on the heels of a heart attack followed by"
"play the part instead. Ford, however, agreed to do the film only if he was going to portray Max Cady. Nolte, who was interested in portraying Bowden, managed to convince Scorsese to cast him for the part. In addition, Drew Barrymore and Reese Witherspoon both auditioned for the part of Danielle Bowden and Spielberg reportedly wanted Bill Murray to portray Cady. Nick Nolte is taller than Robert De Niro, but for the movie, Nolte lost weight and De Niro developed muscles until De Niro appeared to be the stronger man. De Niro reportedly took his body fat down to 4%."
"cast, Amy Adams, Jessica Biel, Tammy Blanchard, Kristin Kreuk, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet and Rebecca Hall were also considered for the part. For the role, Hathaway allowed her hair to be cut short on camera for a scene in which her character sells her hair, stating that the lengths she goes to for her roles ""don't feel like sacrifices. Getting to transform is one of the best parts of [acting]."" The role also required her to lose . In addition to Hathaway's weight loss, Hugh Jackman also lost an extreme amount of weight for the opening scene as Jean Valjean"
"director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro, who gained about 60 pounds during the shooting of the film to play the older LaMotta in later scenes. To accurately portray the younger LaMotta, De Niro trained with LaMotta until LaMotta felt he was ready to box professionally. De Niro lived in Paris for three months, eating at the finest restaurants in order to gain sufficient weight to portray LaMotta after retirement. De Niro won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. LaMotta had a troubled personal life, including a spell in a reformatory, and was married seven times."
"dominating stretch of their long dynasty. On July 26, 1948, Babe Ruth attended the premiere of the film ""The Babe Ruth Story"", a biopic about his life. William Bendix portrayed Ruth. Shortly thereafter, Ruth returned to the hospital for the final time. He was barely able to speak. Ruth's condition gradually became worse, and in his last days, scores of reporters and photographers hovered around the hospital. Only a few visitors were allowed to see him, one of whom was National League president and future Commissioner of Baseball, Ford Frick. ""Ruth was so thin it was unbelievable. He had been"
"The Babe Ruth Story The Babe Ruth Story is a 1948 baseball film biography of Babe Ruth, the famed New York Yankees slugger. It stars William Bendix (New York Yankee batboy in the 1920s) as the ballplayer and Claire Trevor as his wife. Critics faulted the film's heavy-handedness and direction, and it is said by many to be one of the worst films ever made. The movie begins in 1906 at the Baltimore Waterfront, where 11-year-old George Herman Ruth Jr. is taken away by Brother Matthias from George's abusive father to St. Mary's. When George is 18, his incredible baseball"
"becoming an established animal actor and Vital Ground ambassador. Bart the Bear Bart the Bear (January 19, 1977 – May 10, 2000) was a male Alaskan Kodiak bear actor best known for his numerous appearances in Hollywood films, including ""The Bear"" (for which he reportedly received an Oscar nomination), ""White Fang"", ""Legends of the Fall"", and ""The Edge"". He was trained by animal trainers Doug and Lynne Seus of Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife, Inc., in Heber City, Utah. Bart was born on January 19, 1977, at the Baltimore Zoo. When Bart was five weeks old and weighed five pounds (2"
"crediting Babe Ruth for America's love of the sport. When the first choice for the lead role Jack Carson would not be released from Warner Bros., the producers chose Bendix. It was rushed to release after news of Ruth's declining health, and makes no mention whatsoever of Ruth's first wife, Helen. The film was released three weeks before Babe Ruth died. Some contemporary reviews were positive, with Bendix drawing accolades from a number of critics for his performance. ""Variety"" called the film ""interesting, if semi-fictional,"" writing that it combined ""warmth, tears and chuckles into a film that will sustain audience"
"rest for prolonged periods, and placed himself on a crash diet of generally coffee and apples, which reduced his weight by 63 pounds () in a matter of months. By the end of filming Bale weighed only 121 pounds (), a transformation he described as ""very calming mentally"" which drew comparisons to Robert De Niro's alternative weight-gaining regimen for his role as Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film ""Raging Bull"". Bale claimed that he had not worked for a period of time before he was cast in the film: ""[I] just hadn't found scripts that I'd really been interested in."
"Monthly Film Bulletin"" of Britain wrote: ""This film illustrates the American habit of canonizing baseball players, for apparently Babe Ruth did not only perform remarkable feats on the field, but could also perform miracles by curing the sick and the crippled. This power is demonstrated four times in the film, each in an increasingly embarrassing manner, and William Bendix portrays Babe Ruth as a half-witted giant without any redeeming pathos."" More recent assessments of the film have been overwhelmingly negative. Dan Shaughnessy of ""The Boston Globe"" called ""The Babe Ruth Story"" ""the worst movie I ever saw"" while ""The Washington"
"to the screen, Ernest Lehman decided he would ""not"" change the dialogue that had shocked veteran theatergoers in New York only four years earlier. Despite serious opposition to this decision, Lehman prevailed. The choice of Elizabeth Taylor—at the time regarded as one of the most beautiful women in the world—to play the frumpy, fifty-ish Martha surprised many, but the actress gained 30 pounds (13.5 kg) for the role and her performance (along with those of Burton, Segal, and Dennis) was ultimately praised. When Warner Bros. head Jack L. Warner approached Albee about buying the film rights for the play, he"
"is presented as a ""new style"" version of Gekko in the film. Javier Bardem was in final talks to play the character; in July 2009 it was confirmed that he had turned down the project in favor of a film adaptation of the book ""Eat, Pray, Love"", with Julia Roberts. Brolin took the part and lost 30 pounds in a month to prepare physically for this part. The actor, acknowledging that every character had both good and bad in them, viewed Bretton as being on a ""higher level,"" adding that he liked the ambition his character had and that he"
"Bart the Bear Bart the Bear (January 19, 1977 – May 10, 2000) was a male Alaskan Kodiak bear actor best known for his numerous appearances in Hollywood films, including ""The Bear"" (for which he reportedly received an Oscar nomination), ""White Fang"", ""Legends of the Fall"", and ""The Edge"". He was trained by animal trainers Doug and Lynne Seus of Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife, Inc., in Heber City, Utah. Bart was born on January 19, 1977, at the Baltimore Zoo. When Bart was five weeks old and weighed five pounds (2 kg), he was adopted by Doug and Lynne Seus,"
"to 70 pounds. The role went to Will Sasso. Johnny Knoxville, Andy Samberg and Shane Jacobson were all on the short list to play Moe, Larry and Curly, respectively. As the Farrellys note in the DVD/Blu-ray featurette on casting the picture, Sasso was cast as Curly despite being considerably taller than the other Stooges (the original Curly was roughly the same height as Moe and Larry). In December 2010, Richard Jenkins was in talks to play Mother Superior in the film. In February 2011, Cher was considered but Jane Lynch secured the role. Larry David plays another nun in the"
"Roland Kickinger Roland Kickinger (born March 30, 1968) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder and actor from Vienna. Standing 6-feet-4-inches-tall (1,93 m) and weighing from 250-300 pounds (113 to 136 kg), he has appeared in numerous bodybuilding competitions, fitness magazines and training videos. In his acting career, Kickinger is perhaps best known for his regular role as Chip Rommel in the television series ""Son of the Beach"" and also played the young version of fellow Austrian-American, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the 2005 TV movie ""See Arnold Run"". He also appeared in a minor role in the 2008 film Street Warrior. He appeared in"
"90. He was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. His marker bears the epitaph, ""A Class Act"". His wife, Betty, died in 2003, after 58 years of marriage. Gene Barry Gene Barry (born Eugene Klass, June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films ""The Atomic City"" (1952) and ""The War of The Worlds"" (1953) and for his portrayal of the title characters in the TV series ""Bat Masterson"" and ""Burke's Law"", among many roles. Barry was born"
"his head and lost 2 stone (12.7 kilograms) for the film. Ewen Bremner had played Renton in the stage adaptation of ""Trainspotting"" and agreed to play the role of Spud, saying he felt the characters ""were part of my heritage."" Boyle had heard about Jonny Lee Miller playing an American in the film ""Hackers"" and was impressed when he auditioned by doing a Sean Connery accent. For the role of Begbie, Boyle considered casting Christopher Eccleston for his resemblance to how he imagined the character in the novel, but asked Robert Carlyle instead. Carlyle said, ""I've met loads of Begbies"
"an extraordinary transformation in my mind of trying to bring this remarkable character to life. It was an incredible experience making the film."" Nicolas Cage was cast as Al Columbato. He reflected, ""I was terrified of the role of Al, because it was like nothing I'd ever done before, and I didn't know how to get to the places the role was asking me to go emotionally."" For scenes in which Al's face is disfigured and swathed in bandages, Cage lost 15 pounds and had two of his front teeth pulled out. ""I wanted to look like I was hit"
"was delighted to be offered the role. He was told to lose some of his 210 pounds before filming began, but failed to do so. Hemingway thus reported that Tracy was a ""terrible liability to the picture"", and had to be reassured that the star was being carefully photographed to disguise his weight. Appearing alone on screen for most of the film, Tracy considered ""The Old Man and the Sea"" the toughest part he ever played. In reviewing the performance, Jack Moffitt of ""The Hollywood Reporter"" said it was ""so intimate and revealing of universal human experience that, to me,"
"actor Ryan Corr were selected as the co-leads of ""Holding the Man"", John Caleo and Timothy Conigrave, respectively. Actors Anthony LaPaglia, Guy Pearce and Geoffrey Rush were chosen for supporting roles within the film. Production on the film was temporarily suspended in 2014 to allow Stott to lose ""up to 12 kilograms"" for scenes later in the film which show Caleo with AIDS. On portraying Caleo, Stott noted that, ""He wasn’t a very complex person with striking, over-arching ambitions. He wasn’t a boisterous or flamboyant character in the way that Tim was. To try and create a character that was"
"William Bendix William Bendix (January 14, 1906 – December 14, 1964) was an American film, radio, and television actor, who typically played rough, blue-collar characters. He is best remembered in films for the title role in ""The Babe Ruth Story"". He also portrayed the clumsily earnest aircraft plant worker Chester A. Riley in both the radio and television versions of ""The Life of Riley"". He received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for ""Wake Island"" (1942). Bendix, named William after his paternal German grandfather, was born in Manhattan, the only child of Oscar and Hilda (Carnell) Bendix. His"
"his weight, Victor Buono was known to be a playboy according to the commentary on the DVD edition of ""Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte"". Victor Buono Victor Charles Buono (February 3, 1938January 1, 1982) was an American actor, comic, and briefly a recording artist. He was known for playing the villain King Tut on the television series ""Batman"" (1966–1968) and musician Edwin Flagg in ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"" (1962), the latter of which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. He was a busy actor from his late teens until his death at age 43 and, with"
"an actor ... not just 'an actor', but a successful one. I looked in the mirror and knew with my ""puss"" and 155-pound weakling body, I couldn't pass for a leading man, and I had to be different. And I sure had to be courageous, so I chose to be the meanest s.o.b. in the movies ... strictly against my mild nature, as I'm an ordinary, peace-loving husband and father. Inasmuch, as I admired fine actors like Richard Widmark, Victor Mature, Robert Mitchum, and others who had made their early marks in the dark, sordid, and guilt-ridden world of film"
"film, ""The Last Tycoon"" (1976). He remembers that Robert De Niro, the star of the film, ""would do almost anything to succeed,"" and even cut his weight down from 170 to 128 pounds for the role. Kazan adds that De Niro ""is one of a select number of actors I've directed who work hard at their trade, and the only one who asked to rehearse on Sundays. Most of the others play tennis. Bobby and I would go over the scenes to be shot."" The powerful dramatic roles Kazan brought out from many of his actors was due, partly, to"
"portray the featherweight boxer Howard Winstone. For the Welsh accent, Brennan spent 6 months before filming speaking all the time in a Welsh accent and continued for two years, during the projects hiatus. On set and during filming, he stayed in his accent the whole time, whenever filming took place. In the film The Reverend Brennan, who portrays the title character ‘The Reverend’ actually became an ordained Reverend, after taking an online course. He also read the bible and attended church services. For the film Tomorrow, as the character of Sky, he dropped 42 pounds (3 stone) to portray his"
"after and chosen for the part until Richard Donner took over the directing duties and Christopher Reeve was chosen for the part. Originally Reeve's picture and résumé was rejected many times and Reeve thought that he wouldn't get the part after being self-described as a ""skinny WASP."" His appearance was originally very slim. He refused to wear fake muscles and instead went on a training regimen, supervised former British weightlifting champion David Prowse, which consisted of running in the morning, followed by two hours of weightlifting and ninety minutes on the trampoline. In addition, Reeve doubled his food intake and"
"was cast in ""Wild"" starring Reese Witherspoon. He was also cast in a recurring role in TNT's ""Murder in the First"". Charles Baker (actor) Charles Edward Baker (born February 27, 1971) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is known for playing Skinny Pete on the AMC series ""Breaking Bad"", and currently has a recurring role on the NBC series ""The Blacklist"". Baker was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Hawaii. He is the son of an army colonel. His father was written up in the ""Los Angeles Times"" in 1994 by famous writer Robin Wright. He had"
"who worked as animal trainers for films. The Seuses trained Bart using a reward and praise system. While still a cub, he appeared in the TV series ""The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams"" playing Adams' companion bear, Ben, as a cub. After reaching adulthood, he subsequently made his film debut in the film ""Windwalker"" (released 1981). He grew to 9' 6"" (2.90 m) tall and weighed 1,500 pounds (680 kg) throughout his life as an adult. Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Daryl Hannah, Annette Bening, Ethan Hawke, Steven Seagal, Tchéky Karyo, Brad Pitt, Alec Baldwin, Trevor"
"with this decision, Gilroy was supportive of the weight loss; Gyllenhaal was respectful and did not alter the script, so Gilroy wanted to reciprocate this generosity. Riz Ahmed was one of seventy-five actors to audition for the role of Rick. The British actor was attending a friend's wedding in Los Angeles, when his talent agent suggested he meet Gilroy to discuss the film's script. Gilroy told Ahmed that he had seen his previous work; he was not fit for the role, but still allowed him to audition. Within the first minute of his audition tape, however, Gilroy felt confident in"
"and wife (Bachchan and Rai) playing the other two leads. In early April 2008, Shilpa Shetty was signed for a special appearance in one of the film's songs. Bachchan said that Sam was his most difficult character to play, and he worked hard on his gestures and mannerisms: ""I had to work very hard to portray a straight man acting gay. It could easily have gone over-board. I wanted to avoid making the character caricatural [""sic""]. Barring one portion ... we kept it controlled."" Bachchan and Abraham, who had gained weight for their earlier films, had to lose the weight"
"""Disaster Movie"" as the Hulk, released in 2008, and in the 2009 film ""Terminator Salvation"", as a prototype of the T-800 made famous by Schwarzenegger. Roland Kickinger Roland Kickinger (born March 30, 1968) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder and actor from Vienna. Standing 6-feet-4-inches-tall (1,93 m) and weighing from 250-300 pounds (113 to 136 kg), he has appeared in numerous bodybuilding competitions, fitness magazines and training videos. In his acting career, Kickinger is perhaps best known for his regular role as Chip Rommel in the television series ""Son of the Beach"" and also played the young version of fellow Austrian-American, Arnold"
"the experiences of other people he knew in creating scenarios for the series. Other cast members also struggled with food issues. Benanti spent three years fighting anorexia while she danced on Broadway. Pentecost, who weighed 310 pounds at the time of filming, contributed stories from his own life to the series, including a scene in which his character weighs himself on a postal scale because he is too heavy for a conventional bathroom scale. Brown was fat as a child and describes himself as being ""haunted by the 'fat kid mentality'."" Producers only discovered that each of the principal cast"