30 January,2013 11:32 AM IST | | The Centerstage Team
Christian is an excellent horseman and an avid reader.
>> He trained for 10 weeks in dancing and martial arts for the dance sequences in Newsies (1992) and Swing Kids (1993).
>>u00a0A devoted animal lover, Christian has two dogs (Mojo and Ramone) and three cats (Miriam, Molly, and Lilly), which are all strays that he found.
>>u00a0He started acting in 1983 at age 9.
>>u00a0Christian's father was a former commercial pilot and his mother was a circus dancer.
>>u00a0He auditioned for the role of Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997) and almost got the role, but people felt that it wouldn't be fair having two Brits playing two Americans.
>>u00a0Although born in Wales, his family is actually English. In 1976, when Christian was two years old, his family left Wales and returned to England.
>>u00a0He holds the records for the most weight lost (63 pounds for "The Machinist") and gained (80 pounds for "Batman Begins") for film roles.
