TMZ has gotten hold of an audiotape of Christian Bale tearing into director of photography Shane Hurlbut on the set of Terminator: Salvation and ... man!
Suddenly, the actor's supposed attack on his mother and sister last summer- which took place within a week's time of his tantrum on the set of T4 - doesn't seem like such a crock.
You can listen to Bale's expletive-laden rant here but be warned: You'll never think of The Dark Knight again the same way.
Wow did someone shit in his cereal or what! I guess he was having a REALLY bad day. Especially if you say this occured while all that mess with his mom and sister was going on.
Posted by: Juan | February 03, 2009 at 02:19 AM
The only Christian Bale/Batman "mash-up" I care about is Patrick Bateman
Posted by: Chris | February 03, 2009 at 04:03 AM
what an a-hole. This overpaid nontalent should have been fired. No actor is worth it, least of all this dull guy, the only weak link in Dark Knight.
Posted by: Hoco | February 03, 2009 at 09:04 AM
He is an awesome actor actually. I can understand where he is coming from but he did get way out of control.
Posted by: K-MAN | February 03, 2009 at 12:36 PM
This is how celebrities treat the "below the line" people. It is much more the norm than the exception. They get away with it because everyone is absolutely terrified of them. Cross an "above-the-line" person in Hollywood, and your career is toast.
Think about it the next time you hear one of these limousine liberal, prima donnas lecturing us on how to live.
Posted by: SWLiP | February 03, 2009 at 05:52 PM
Hoco, you have NO taste at all. Grow a brain please.
You know I'm amazed people are SO surprised to see an actor going nutty on a movie set. Newsflash: It happens ALL THE TIME. Not just actors, directors and producers too. Hell, James Cameron even dove into a water tank on the set of the Abyss just to PUNCH somebody. From what I understand in that clip, the guy being yelled at deserved a yelling at, for walking into a shot and tweaking lights WHILE FILMING. That is inexcusably stupid. Now Bale easily went overboard. The guy deserved a tongue lashing, but not a three minutes worth tongue lashing. Bale should have stopped after 1 minute.
Far as I'm concerned, Bale is getting what he deserves, which is humorous mockery on the internets. That clip is easily the most hysterical thing I've heard so far this year. The parodies are even better. Look them up on youtube.
Posted by: Juan | February 04, 2009 at 11:53 PM
SWLiP, the D.P., the director of photography whose getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to be in charge of the visual design in the whole movie, shouldn't be confused with a below the line person such as the caterer making 12 bucks an hour.
Posted by: Erwin | February 05, 2009 at 11:26 AM
I honestly can't blame him for blowing up, he's just trying to get the ****ing scene done right
Posted by: coffee | February 06, 2009 at 02:51 AM
I can understand where he's coming from. There are better ways of dealing with the frustration and the situation but most take more time and aren't taken as seriously.
Posted by: Tom | February 10, 2009 at 03:04 AM