Who is the lead actor in Disney's "Newsies"?
Disney was riding high at the turn of the '90s with "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Aladdin," but tucked between those renaissance hits was a live-action musical that most of America skipped. The teenage lead spent the shoot wishing he was anywhere else, and then went on to become one of the biggest movie stars of his generation. Who is the star of Disney's "Newsies" movie?
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Correct Answer: Christian Bale
(Source)It's hard to picture Batman in suspenders doing a time step, but Disney found a way. Christian Bale was 17 when he took the lead in "Newsies," a retelling of the 1899 New York newsboys' strike, and he reportedly tried to skip the musical numbers entirely. It was a fair ask when you consider the movie flopped both at the box office and in the newspapers. Not even Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken was safe, taking home a Razzie for his original song. Bale went on to headline "American Psycho" and put on the Batsuit for Christopher Nolan, so whatever he lost in teenage dignity, he earned back with interest.
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