Why Christian Bale Dropped Out Of Playing George W. Bush In Oliver Stone’s W.

Oliver Stone’s biographical comedy-drama W. is based on the life of George W. Bush, who could have been played by Christian Bale, but he ended up dropping out of the project. Throughout his career as a filmmaker, Oliver Stone has covered a variety of genres, from horror with Seizure to war movies with Platoon and thriller with Savages, and one genre that can be found multiple times in his career is political film. In 2008, Stone returned to that genre with W., which was both a critical and commercial failure.