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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 284889" data-attributes="member: 2525">Guys, I'm just talking from the industry perspective here (where I live). I'm sure many of you have no idea who Christian Bale is (and like I said, most of the US still has no idea who Vin Disel is).  However, despite your opinions, Mr. Bale's filmography is twice as long as Mr. Diesel's, and box-office intake is nearly quintuple. Both of those things go into the decision-making about whose agent your are going to approach, and whose name goes on the list of potential actors for new projects.Mr. Diesel is doing well, but he has yet to have that film that launches him into the hearts and minds of America's moviegoers as a whole, instead of a few small niches of America. That's where Mr. Bale is at right now as well.  I'd venture to say that "The Rock" has more name recognition still than either of them, and that none of them are anywhere near A-List yet.  But I think both Diesel and Bale have the potential to reach the A-List in the next decade.  They are both, currently, considered rookies however, though playing in the pro leagues.</blockquote>