In 1987, this actor played the lead role in Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated epic 'Empire of the Sun' while just a preteen. Who is he?

Bale beat out more than 4,000 other boys to play Jim, a British kid who fights to stay alive during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in World War II. Spielberg's then-wife Amy Irving also recommended the future-Batman to Spielberg, having co-starred with him in 1986's 'Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna'.

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