Christian Bale reveals that he was reluctant to take on the American Hustle role.
Bale will reunite with director David O'Russell for the first time since The Fighter for the new film.
And while Bale admits he had doubts about the role, his wife didn't and it was thanks to her that he ended up starring in the film.
Speaking to Variety the actor said: "With 'Hustle', I needed a lot of time to prepare and just didn't think I could do it properly. And I would come home to post-it notes on my door from David saying, 'Come on, let's do this!'
"Without telling me, my wife called them both and said, 'Yeah, he can do it.'
"Look, I'm always trying to back out because I'm always convinced I won't be able to do it. But thank God I did."
Bale won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance in The Fighter, and American Hustle is a movie that is already surrounded in Oscar gossip.
The movie sees Bale star alongside Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner; many of whom have worked with O'Russell before.
American Hustle is just one of the movies that we will be seeing Bale in next year, as he has also completed work on Out of the Furnace and Knight of Cups.
American Hustle is released 3rd January 2014.
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