Kaiser pointed me to these pictures of Ryan Gosling and Christian Bale at the AFI film fest premiere of The Big Short, a dramatized account of the subprime mortgage crisis circa 2008 and based on the book of the same name by Michael Lewis. (You can read an excerpt on Vanity Fair.) The Big Short also stars Brad Pitt and Steve Carrell and was written and directed by Adam McKay (Talladega Nights, Step Brothers). We covered the trailer back in September and damn it looks good! It’s not out until the end of December, but all the better for Academy voters to remember.
Unfortunately Brad Pitt wasn’t there last night, he’s probably busy with By The Sea promotion, but the other dudes of the film showed up. Here’s the lead Christian Bale with crazy eyes and looking very odd with a bushy ginger goatee. I’m assuming that’s for a part, probably The Promise, which is filming now and is “set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire.” Otherwise it’s a really terrible styling choice. Kaiser disagrees with me by the way, she thinks Bale looks hotter with that mess on his face and she told me to cover these photos instead of Daniel Radcliffe getting his star on the Walk of Fame. She was right by the way, I just find Radcliffe hot bald and I wanted to talk about that. She can have Bale.
Ryan Gosling looks like Ryan Gosling, but he’s losing the hot a little for me. I don’t know what it is, maybe he’s just tired. I’ll still go with Gosling since this is a “who would you rather” post.
Steve Carell looks cute. I wonder if he’s still tight with Gosling. They were really good together in Crazy Stupid Love.
Melissa Leo. Just no with that hair and goofy bow.
Marisa Tomei, 50(!). Such a vampire. Ten bucks says this film doesn’t pass the Bechdel test.
photo credit: FameFlynet and WENN
Is Steve Carell an option? I choose him!
Came here to say this. I actually have a massive crush on him. I’ll take personality over looks any day, although I do find Steve Carell attractive.
I know, I kind of love him.
That was what I was thinking. Bale is fine, but I don’t like the beard. Gosling has never done anything for me at all.
I’ve never found Gosling to be hot. Bale with or without the beard, please.
Yes yes! I choose Carell as well. I love him.
Amen to that!
+1
yep! Steve is the better of all 3 guys. Not sure how a 3-year-old disguised as a oscar nominated actor who can’t control his temper tantrums would even be an option (bale)
Gosling would have more stamina.
Someone needs to cut his ginger beard
Bale always. Even with the gross beard.
+1
Yes. No contest, ever.
Yah really! Let’s see …hipster dude who skips down the streets of NYC playing a flute? or Method Man who’s going down , and laying it out like its the Last Oscar performance of his career? Hmmmm…
I have a super soft spot for Bale bc of his role as Laurie in Little Women. I saw American Psycho and know all about his temper tantrums, but still cant unsee the gorgeous, sweet Laurie. Sigh.
It’s definitely for the Promise but I’m not a huge fan of the look. That said, Bale wins because Gosling is just….well, just no these days.
I think Eva sucked all the sexy out of him.
marisa tomei. look how hot she is. neither gosling nor bale are even remotely attractive, in fact eww.
I’d choose Marissa Tomei as well. I think Gosling is wearing mascara. Bale looks like he just out of jail.
Usually i would say Gosling but he looks like he is wearing mascara which is just a no no.
He absolutely has mascara on…along with foundation and possibly some sort of lip stain. I was surprised to see that. Hopefully this does not become a trend.
Came here to say the same thing…I’m kind of surprised at how obvious the make-up is. Not attractive.
Yes, mascara, lip stain & doesn’t his forehead look kind of waxy/botoxy? Maybe it’s that white high def powder they use. I don’t know exactly what it does. The first thing I noticed were his pink lips & I want to know what brand it is.
I think Melissa Leo looks cute–I wouldn’t have known that was her.
Yep. Too femme for this old gal.
Also a “no” is the shimmering nude beige-y shadow, pink shimmer crayon under eyes and the small dot of highlighter at the inner corners of the eyes. Holy cow.
LOL you are right about all the eye makeup, that’s an insane amount of product. It’s so obvious in the zoom picture, it must have sparkled in person!
With the foundation & lip stain, it’s fun to wonder whose idea it was….was it his or someone else’s? Did he have to be convinced? Did he do it himself, a la Jeremy Renner? etc.
Bale looks like he’s channeling Charles Manson in that one photo. No thanks. I vote bald DanRad.
If bald DanRad is an option then, yes, absolutely. My favorite interview of his is with Susan Blackwell (love her! She’s the casting director Dez refuses to use an Indian accent with in Masters of None) on Broadway.com back when he was preforming in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – so adorable and clueless about housework, that one. She made him sort her laundry and scrub her toilet.
Neither. They are both so smarmy looking.
Steve Carell, please!
Bale + face mess, please!
Bale + face mess, please!
Gosling, as long as he keeps his mouth shut other than to quote lines from The Notebook to me.
Uh, Gosling has the sex appeal of a baby goose.
With the voice of teenage girl.
I am torn. I think Bale could be quite intense in the sack. But Ryan would be sweet to cuddle with.
I like and agree with this analysis.
I will take Gosling & Carrel! Bale will likely just throw a temper tantrum & call you names…..I’m not into that sort of thing.
Bale often looks slightly crazy and usually has terrible facial hair, but…I so would.
“Ten bucks says this film doesn’t pass the Bechdel test.” Let’s put it this way – I saw the trailer for this in the theater a few weeks ago, and the only female characters shown in it were strippers. I had no idea Melissa or Marisa were even in the film. And they are both OSCAR WINNING ACTRESSES.
Ugh.
CHRISTIAN BALE a million times over. YESSSS. The beard just kicks it up a hot notch for me.
Yes, Tomei all the Way! Or Carrell. Maybe it’s the makeup but I never noticed – Ryan’s eyes are kinda close together … I’m not even going to talk about Bale’s beard but usually, he wins for me lol!
I like Bale and Carrel, but I would totally re-gift Gosling if he was given to me.
And I heartily throw my support behind a post about a bald Radcliffe because by association, it might also included a bald James McAvoy aka my love. They’ve been great together on this press tour.
CHRISTIAN BALE CHRISTIAN BALE
CHRISTIAN BALE CHRISTIAN BALE! !!!!!!
Bale , no doubt!
Ryan Gosling rarely looks good in stills but in motion on screen he really holds your attention as an actor
Christian Bale looks like an old, saggy, furry shoe. He’s not aging well. His wife has incredibly boring style — I’m pretty sure she wears the same basic black thing every time.
Yes she is boring.He could do way better.
Completely disagree. She is beautiful, and she is naturally pretty, not Hollywood overdone. She is 45 and looks much younger than him. She also just had a baby a year or so ago. He obviously doesn’t think she is boring, and they make a lovely couple.
Gosling’s too pretty, no matter how tough a front he puts up it’s all a front. I can see him breaking down in tears if craft services forget to cut the crusts off his sandwiches.
Goin’ with Bale even though he’s prolly an A-hole.
Gosling but only if Christian Bale watched.
No, none of the guys. I’d rather have a tea with Marisa to get to know all her little beauty secrets.
The only way Gosling would win out over Bale for me is if he were really the scruffy/beefy version of himself like the late-20s version of Noah in The Notebook. Especially that scene where he is paddling the boat in the pouring rain, god he was so sexy there..the manliest he has ever looked. But typically, like in these pictures, he just looks too twee and pretty-hipster-boy for my tastes. Not many men want to be manly men anymore, but I think Bale is way more so than Gos.
I watched Trainwreck the other night and I wish the dog whisperer movie with Marisa Tomei and Daniel Eadcliffe was real.
This!!!!
I absolutely loved Ryan Gosling in the movie he did with What’s her name? (brain fart because I love that redhead) where they re-created the jump/hold scene from dirty dancing. They spend the night talking and laughing and falling asleep instead of having sex. Please help me with the name of the actress and the movie title…..
Emma Stone. Crazy Stupid Love.
Honestly Bale’s beard isn’t the problem, its not bad. It’s the old-timey, overly bushy gold miner’s mustache that ruins his look. Totally over-done; groom that thing so we can see your upper lip Christian and you’ll be hot again!
Emma Stone! Her timing and sense of humor makes me want to be her BFF. Ryan Gosling, for one night, is all I want from him!
Bale and bring the crazy! Makes him look sexy dangerous.
Can I have a third choice??? Anyway, certainly not the Gosling whom I find really unattractive.
I’ll take James McAvoy instead, if no one wants him.
Gosling…..That boy sure knows how to look fantastic in a suit.
Gosling has always been and always will be fug. No thanks. Bale’s nose to small, but he might be some wild fun for one night and then please let me call you and Uber when we’re done. But Carrell would be fun fun.
Neither, thanks.