Christian Bale did not exhibit Method acting techniques during Netflix period piece “The Pale Blue Eye,” according to co-star Harry Melling.The “Harry Potter” and “Queen’s Gambit” alum recalled working alongside Academy Award winner Bale for the mystery-thriller.
Bale plays a former detective who is forced out of retirement to investigate a series of hangings alongside Edgar Allan Poe (Melling).
The film is based on the novel by Louis Bayard and helmed by Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart”), with Bale also producing.“My experience working on it was that we’d turn up, not really talk about the scene, and just start playing it,” Melling told The Independent of working with Bale, citing the fact that he “doesn’t really know” what constitutes Method acting.
“There was no staying in character, but I guess you’re always held within some form of character just because you’re wearing the clothes
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