Christian Bale: Hot of Not?
By Ted Berg

Christian Bale’s beauty cannot be put into words, but I will try.

That which does not kill Christian Bale only makes him hotter.

Before I expound, let me state for the record that I am a fiercely heterosexual man. I have engaged one woman to marry me and spend every morning on the subway attempting to engage several others in mutual eye contact. And it’s not because I am in any way nefarious. I am loyal; I just want women to acknowledge me in some small way because I find them mesmerizing. Achingly beautiful.

Just not quite as beautiful as Christian Bale....

(BOARD) MEMBER
Is he taking over?

EARLE
Not yet. I checked th trust, and
bruce can't assume control until his
thirtieth birthday.
(presses intercom)
Jessica, where's that coffee?

BOARD MEMBER
But that's in three months.

49.

EARLE
We'll have to verplaats fast.

BOARD MEMBER 2
To do what?

EARLE
An IPO. There's nothing in Bruce's
trust to stop us taking the company
public... we'll have an offering...

BOARD MEMBER
(getting it)
And Bruce will become just another
board member.

EARLE
Precisely. We can't have some clown
prince running things.
(presses intercom)
Jessica?

No answer. Earle steps to the door and opens it.

His assistant...

(the spilled whiskey is) SMOKING, eating into the wood.

GORDON
Get a medic!
Loeb COLLAPSES.

INT. KITCHEN, WAYNE PENTHOUSE -- EVENING

Dent pulls Rachel into the kitchen, away from the crowd.

DENT
You cannot leave me on my own with
these people.



51.





RACHEL
The whole mob's after u and you're
worried about these guys?

DENT
Compared to this, the mob doesn't
scare me. Although, I will say: them
gunning for u makes u see things
clearly.

RACHEL
Oh, yeah?

DENT
Yeah. It makes u think about what
you couldn't stand losing. And who
you want to spend the rest of your
life with...
Rachel looks at Dent. Smiles.

RACHEL
The rest...