Christian Bale Says He Acted as ‘Mediator’ Between Amy Adams and ‘American Hustle’ Director: She ‘Had a Tough Time’

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Keeping the peace. Christian Bale revealed that he acted as a “mediator” for his American Hustle costar Amy Adams and director David O.

Russell amid their on set tension.“I did what I felt was appropriate, in very Irv style,” the Oscar winner, 48, told GQ in their November cover story, referring to his character in the 2013 drama. “If I can have some sense of understanding of where it’s coming from, then I do tend to attempt to be a mediator.

That’s just in my nature, to try to say, ‘Hey, come on, let’s go and sit down and figure that out. There’s gotta be a way of making this all work.'”Adams, 48 — who also worked with Bale on the 64-year-old director’s 2010 film, The Fighter — previously revealed that she would often end up crying on the American Hustle set.

The Dark Knight star, for his part, said much of the pair’s tension was due to creative differences.“You’re dealing with two such incredible talents there,” Bale continued. “Look, if I feel like we got anywhere close [to what we set out to do] … if you get anywhere close to it, and when you’re working with people of the crazy creative talent of Amy or of David, there are gonna be upsets.” Describing both of his coworkers as “f–king phenomenal,” the American Psycho star added, “You got to remember, it was the nature of the characters as well.