Christian Bale thinks Hollywood’s action men have gone soft.
The tough-talking actor went through special firearms training in order to shoot like Thirties FBI agent Melvin Purvis in new movie Public Enemies, and was shocked at what he discovered.
“The stances, the handling of the weapons they had back then were all different,” explains Bale, who stars opposite Johnny Depp in the upcoming flick. “They still had this notion that a man does not require two hands to fire a handgun. It’s not manly.
“You did this sort of very old, almost fencing-style of hand on hip and pointing sideways with your gun, which you’re far less likely to hit your target than the modern-day styles of this.
“But at that time that was felt to be how a woman might fire a gun. No man was going to be seen to fire it in that fashion, despite it being way more accurate.”
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