Christian Bale, captivated by Amsterdam

the filmmaker David O Russell assembled one of the most impressive and talented casts in recent years for his new film, amsterdamcurrently in theaters. Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Anya Taylor-Joy, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Rami Malek, Taylor Swift and Robert De Niroact in the period drama with overtones of mystery and comedy, set in the 1930s.

It tells the story of three friends: a doctor, a nurse and a lawyer, who end up as prime suspects in the murder of a US senator.

Bale, best known for his work on such films as The Dark Knight trilogy, American Psycho, The Prestige, Vice and Ford v Ferrari, leads the predicament.

Amsterdam marks his third collaboration with Russell, following The Fighter (2010) and American Hustle (2013). The Oscar winner for his work on The Fighter, he recently played the main villain in the summer blockbuster Thor: Love and Thunder.

In Amsterdam, the Brit plays Burt Berendsen, a doctor and war veteran, who gets into trouble with his friends Valerie Voze (Robbie) and Harold Woodsman (Washington), by involving them in a conspiracy that could shake the entire world. .

THE SPOKESPERSON participated in the international press conference of the film, where the actor abounded on the experience of Amsterdam.

How did the project come about?

I was involved with that for five, six years. But I feel like this is your whole life, that you’ve been working to do this. You know, the wisdom of how to deal with adversity. The absolute love of people dealing with pain and suffering in their lives with optimism and hope. Not break with life, et cetera, and I was delighted. I have so much gratitude to David (Russell) for inviting me on this epic journey.

How did this new collaboration with the director come about?

Like any great filmmaker, David is very unique. He is very special. He has his own perspective on him. It’s what makes great filmmakers fascinating and he’s one of the greats. And I love that we met and that he invites me to come back. Robert De Niro has done more, this is the fourth of his (project) of him, I have done three. But every time we work together, we have more days on the calendar. And for this I was really grateful, that David invited me for the whole trip… From sitting down to eat and write on napkins and being gasped by real events in history that we had never heard of, listening to music, watching documentaries, read books, invent these characters. It was a joy from start to finish.

What is your Amsterdam?

I think my Amsterdam is anything when you have to obsess in such a healthy way with something, that you can’t think of anything else. And I get it in big environments. I get it from working with David and all these guys. I get that from wonderful cinematic experiences. I get that from my family. And I get it from motorcycles.