Christian Bale has only ever worked with women.
Bale first caught the public eye at the age of 13 , when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg 's Empire of the Sun -LRB- 1987 -RRB- .	Steven Spielberg	Steven Spielberg	Empire of the Sun	Empire of the Sun (film)
Empire of the Sun is a 1987 American epic coming-of-age war film based on J. G. Ballard 's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name .	Empire of the Sun	Empire of the Sun	J. G. Ballard	J. G. Ballard	epic	epic film	coming-of-age	coming of age	war film	war film	novel of the same name	Empire of the Sun
It was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars John Malkovich , Miranda Richardson , Nigel Havers , and Christian Bale .	Steven Spielberg	Steven Spielberg	John Malkovich	John Malkovich	Miranda Richardson	Miranda Richardson	Nigel Havers	Nigel Havers	Christian Bale	Christian Bale
Steven Allan Spielberg , , -LRB- born December 18 , 1946 -RRB- is an American director , producer , and screenwriter .
