that's why it looks so odd.

That doesn't explain the strangeness of Benicio's face, though. Even Clive isn't his normal lovely self.

Clive looks the most like himself of the men in those shots--although still a bit off. Benicio is very freaky.

Bale Bulked-up for Bats.

I am on the brink of being obsessed with celebrity workouts, dammit. A co-kravver pointed me to Ryan Reynolds in Men's Health, then another co-worker showed me Thomas Jane in same, and they go over what they ate and how they worked out to achieve their sizes for their bulky roles.

As such, I'm sad Christian didn't go into more detail.

Jennifer Garner talking about fighting Will Yun Lee in Elektra:

John: What was the most difficult stunt or scene that you had to do?

Jennifer: The most difficult one was against this actor Will Yun Lee. He's an actor that does his own fights as well, and I'm just kind of learning as I go. The only way I stay alive is that I rehearse nonstop, because you know, I'm not really somebody who goes out and fights on the street. He grew up ... his dad was one of the first tae kwon do masters in the United States, and he grew up with his dad as his sensei, so he is wicked good. He is out-of-control good. So he had these two huge katana swords, these Japanese swords that are heavy steel, and we fought each other in the fastest, nastiest fight. It's at the end of the movie and there's all this wind blowing, and I have all this hair in the movie and it kept being in my eyes and I would just hear the clank, clank, clank of my sais hitting his sword. And, you know, his swords would be coming full-on as hard as they could at my head, and it's just kind of like you'd better know where to block, because if you don't block you're gonna lose your noggin. So that was the scariest thing.

and it's just kind of like you'd better know where to block, because if you don't block you're gonna lose your noggin. So that was the scariest thing.

Can someone convince Meg Ryan that doing your own stunts in action movies is a great way to make a comeback?

Even if "Elektra" turns out to be crap, I will respect it forever for this. Anyone who's willing to be in a fight with real weapons that will really cut your real head really off, even if it's choreographed, get a huge bow out of me. Criminy.

I think it was Benecio about whom I recently read that even though he already looked a lot like the comics character, he insisted on makeup/prosthetics to get just right.

Damn -- Christian Bale gained 100 pounds?!? ONE HUNDRED???

Remember though, that's starting from his Machinist weight of approximately 7 oz soaking wet.