UK actor Christian Bale has made sure his five-year-old daughter Emmeline won’t follow in her famous father’s footsteps after he banned her from acting.
The Dark Knight star started his career as an eight-years-old, he was later cast in Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun at just 13. But he isn’t keen on his daughter having an upbringing in the spotlight, Empire magazine reported.
“[I] didn’t like that [being famous as a teen]. That wasn’t for me at all,” he said in an interview with the magazine.
“Some people can deal with it, but I found it to be a complete pain in the arse and embarrassing.
“Also, there was the annoying notion of everyone going, ‘Ah, you should know better’ when I was done for shoplifting. But, no, I shouldn’t have known better. There was no reason I should. I could have done without that side of things.”
The 36-year-old star said he would support his daughter’s dream to be an actress but not professionally.
“It was nice to go travelling and have those experiences [filming movies], but look, if anyone in my family — my nieces or my daughter — wanted to start at that age, I’d absolutely believe in and support their dreams, but I would tell them, ‘No bloody way — not professionally,” he said.
“It’s just too young. You need to be anonymous at that age, you need to go and get into all sorts of trouble and not have anyone know who you are. It’s ruined when everyone knows who you are.”
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