Christian Bale will play Steve Jobs in upcoming biopic, shooting begins soon

[Justin Kahn]

There are many big name Hollywood actors reported to be on the short list to play Steve Jobs in the upcoming biopic. Already set with director Danny Boyle at the helm, it has now been confirmed that Christian Bale, as many expected, will indeed star as the late Apple CEO.

In a recent interview with Bloomberg Television, well known screenwriter Aaron Sorkin said Bale got the role without even auditioning. Sorkin explained the production required the best actor in a certain age range “and that’s Chris Bale.” Other actors that were previously reported to be in the running included Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper and others. 

Sorkin also mentioned that Bale will have his work cut out for him in the upcoming film, as there is not one scene he isn’t in. The actor will apparently have more words to say “than most people have in three movies combined,” according to Sorkin. The writer is quite confident Bale can pull it off saying “he is gonna crush it."

The upcoming Danny Boyle film is based on the 2011 Walter Isaacson Steve Jobs biography and is set to begin shooting in the next few months. You can check out a clip from the Aaron Sorkin interview below:

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[insect]

Umm... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2357129/

That being said, both have been claimed to be difficult to work with and would throw fits by the people that worked for/with them, so I suppose it's only fitting.

 

[Guest]

A douche playing a douche. Should fit in seemlessly,

 

[Guest]

Was going to say same thing!
more like this however: A-hole playing an A-hole, not much acting required

 

[gamoniac]

Say what you will about Christian Bale but he is truly one of the best actors judging by his work, see Fighters, the Flowers of Wars, the Prestige, etc. If you judge him by his work in Batman... Well, you need to watch more than action flicks

 

[EClyde]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNTQSbvlutg

 

[dividebyzero]

Say what you will about Christian Bale but he is truly one of the best actors judging by his work...

Just wondering whether his agent just forwarded a copy of American Psycho to the studio for the casting call.

 

[Guest]

The Pirates of Silicon Valley is still my favorite. Not sure of the accuracy but Noah Wyle and Anthony Hall were great as Jobs and Gates.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/?ref_=nv_sr_1

 

[davislane1]

I'm cool with this so long as he performs the entire script using the Batman voice.

 

[Scshadow]

How many films will they make about Steve Jobs? Even some Apple fans have to be saying wtf.

 

[SNGX1275]

Say what you will about Christian Bale but he is truly one of the best actors judging by his work, see Fighters, the Flowers of Wars, the Prestige, etc. If you judge him by his work in Batman... Well, you need to watch more than action flicks

The Machinist...

 

[VitalyT]

Hollywood joke:
How many douchebag actors does it take to play Steve Jobs?

 

[Jos]

I'm cool with this so long as he performs the entire script using the Batman voice.

It looks like that's exactly the plan going by this sneak peek on Conan:

 

[gamoniac]

Wow. What a performance by a little boy. Thanks for the clip.