United Kingdom, Feb. 4 -- Christian Bale "screamed like crazy" to release his "despair" during long make-up sessions for The Bride!

The 52-year-old actor plays Frankenstein's monster - known as Frank - in Maggie Gyllenhaal's new take on the Bride of Frankenstein and he spent up to six hours getting ready each day as he transformed into the character but the lengthy make-up sessions left Bake feeling frustrated so he started screaming to vent his emotions.

Bale told Entertainment Weekly: "I would scream like crazy, every day. Just to [release the] despair, all of that restraint that you have to display when you're sitting still for that long ...

"I didn't want to do it driving into work because I thought I might cause a crash. And I did...