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Click here to listen... UPDATE: I've confirmed it's authentic and from the set of Terminator Salvation, the Warner Bros movie coming out this year. Flming at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico on July 18th last year, Bale goes off on the director of photography Shane Hurlbut whom the actor accuses of ruining a scene by walking onto the set. Bale threatens to quit the production if the DP isn't fired. The audio's release may have been an act of revenge: celebrity gossip website TMZ claims that "film execs sent the tape to the insurance company that insured the film in case Bale bailed." This rant took place just days before Christian was questioned by London police about an alleged fracas with his family around the time that The Dark Knight was released. I talked today to a source close to Bale who told me, "Christian and the DP are all good now. It happened. It was one isolated event. He regrets that he lost his temper."
AUDIO: Christian Bale Being Prick To DP
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I’m surprised there aren’t more of these types of audio and video samples of stars behaving unprofessionally floating around. It’s good people like you post this stuff Nikki. No one should be spoken to like that. I don’t care the reason. And stars should be accountable to their public when they treat their co-workers abusively.
He’s not saying “Bryce,” he’s saying “Bruce.” The first assistant director was Bruce Franklin and various other Bruces worked on the crew.
Between this and the incident with his family it sounds like he has some serious anger issues.
Sounds to me like the DP was an idiot. This may sound like Christian is being an asshole, but honestly, were we there for 20-30 minute lead up? Could it have been 3am after a 14 hour day and he had the scene rendered useless several times by this guy before blowing his top? Maybe the guy was told not to walk in the shot, semi-politely several times before this. He does say it kept happening. I don’t think people go off like this over someone getting in the shot once. Bottom line…where you there to see the whole thing and understand exactly why he went off so badly? No.
I actually think Bale was in the right here. The shot should NOT start rolling if the lights aren’t ready.
his type of behavior can be a bellwether of family abuse…
Classy.
That’s pretty hardcore when you’re being paid millions of dollars to do a film. Sounds like rage-o-clock. Still, if the DP was amateur, he should’ve been fired.
Sounds like you’ve found SAG’s new negotiator.
TALK ABOUT UNPROFESSIONAL. Any director worth their salt would stand up to that kind of behavior.
I don’t care what was said. This was a private work incident. We do not know the emotional content of the scene. People work in different ways and this was not meant for public consumption. That is why most sets are closed. I am not saying it is OK to talk to Anyone in that manner. I am saying we were not there and it is not our business.
Strange, you would think his use of the ‘f word’ so many times might have given him pause. Or paws.
Christian,
Remember a few weeks ago at your citizenship ceremony, when you got that special place next to all those decorated Soldiers and Marines. Remember how they all shook your hand and looked up to you? Well, after hearing this, mark my words none of them want to shake your hand and America is not happy to have you.
Go back to England and slap your mother and sister around!
Disappointed.
Whoa.
Yes it is from the new Terminator. TMZ has more deets about the audio clip.
It seems this clip was sent to the insurance company that handled the movie since Christian was threating to quit. Thanks to the insurance flunky who released it.
This was also right before Hissy Chrissy went ape shit on his mom & sister.
Also, notice how Christian goes in and out on accents. I heard american, london & cockney accents.
McG was a tool for not putting christian in his place. Weak director if you ask me.
Let’s hope Mr. Bale can stay alive in these big dumb studio franchises because I can’t think of any decent director who would want to have anything to do with this talented schmuck after listening to this. Such a shame that a young man like Bale take for granted all the gifts he has been given. He should leave his personal demons at home with his family and not take it out on those who bust their asses for a living.
Wow. What a monster. Wouldn’t you want someone who cares about the lighting on your set? I mean, yikes. I’m glad he didn’t get nominated for Batman now. This guy is OUT OF CONTROL.
That was awesome. Now, if only Bale would do that while wearing the Bat-suit, that would truly be quite a movie.
WOW. I’d like to see how his agents are gona try to bury this.
Whether he was in the right or not, you just don’t talk to people that way. How disappointing.
This makes the claims by his mother and sister a bit more believable.
I am not an actor but I understand the “emotional” nature of performers and everyone has a temper from time to time. But I’ll be damned if someone talked to me like that and I just stood there and took it. Was this DP that afraid of industry retaliation that he took a verbal beating from another grown man? Is that how spineless these LA men are?
Also, if a beautiful actress like ScarJo had done this I doubt everyone would be giving her a pass.
What a total prick. Shane is a very talented cinematographer, and there is no reason to treat another professional in this manner. I fault the 1st AD for not getting control of this, and the producers for sitting quietly in thier chairs, snuggled around the monitor. Pussies. Funny, the people that make the most in this industry either have the smallest balls, or are the biggest dicks.
There is no excuse for the length of time that this rant went on. This kind of behavior is so accepted that you can hear Bale luxuriating in the fact that he knows he can go on forever. He knows nobody will stop him and his winding himself up. The DP may have done something unprofessional and needed to be called on it, maybe even yelled at. Fired, not so sure. The flare up and cool down is indicative of a classic childish Hollywood prick plain and simple. And I don’t buy that genius has to rage. F that. Bale’s behavior was the more unprofessional because it will never change. The DP got two messages. One. Don’t walk through a scene. Two. Christian Bale is not to be envied after all.
I love how McG stands up for his DP to this child. What a puss. And the fact that there are people excusing this behavior on this board says it all about this biz.
Note to the D.P.:
While the camera is rolling sit with the director behind the monitor.
Do your lighting adjustments between takes. Or tell the actor your going to have to cut. Don’t walk on set and inturupt the actor, while the actor is in the middle of an intense scene.
You’d think at that level, the D.P. would know the rules.
why do you post this. you cant possibly know what led up to this.
A man would have punched that tiny ranting lunatic in the mouth. There are more important things then a job. The guy made a mistake. So what? I didn’t yell at Bale for making the mistake of that silly voice he uses when he’s Batman. Power corrupts…
Nobody posting here knows the background and what may have lead up to that blow up. BUT I DO KNOW THIS: YOU DO NOT STROLL AROUND IN THE ACTORS’ SIGHT LINE DURING A TAKE. Period. There’s no argument there. There’s a lot of dicking around that goes on during shooting & I don’t care how sorry the guy is or what he thought he was doing, it’s just plain unprofessional. I’ve seen stars – good solid as a rock people – blow big because of this. It’s NOT DONE.
Where is the director at moments like this? Is he so terrified of his star quitting that he’ll put up and shut up for anything?
To bad his best performance was on audio tape!
Obviously, as many have said here, we don’t have all the facts, only the leak of this story several weeks ago and now the audio today. If the DP had a habit of doing this already, yes, he was in the wrong. HOWEVER, no one, and I mean NO ONE, has a right to berate another human being like that. But that’s the problem when you’re a successful actor or musician or some powerful businessperson, everybody is afraid to stand up to you. People use their “power” inappropriately ALL the time and get away with it. From this audio, though, I have lost all respect for Bale, that was just classless, arrogant and unbelievable.
Sounds to me like Bale was right and that the crew guy was being an ass.
The crew guy destroyed a probably complicated scene and felt no remorse whatsoever.
Its easy to blame a star but the real question was why wasn’t the director in control of the set ?
I don’t see what the big deal is. In high school, I used to work construction and this happened *all* the time. I was spoken to like this about once a day. It’s not personal, it’s just the way guys talk when they’re working. Any guy who’s ever worked with his hands would think this is perfectly normal. If you’re a union guy and you can’t take talk like that, then find another job.
….of course stupid donkies can be spoken to like that!…just like they did to you!
Note to actors: you’re wired. And if you’re a dick the sound engineer ain’t your friend. Grow up.
How are some of you people defending this? Sure, the DP probably made a mistake, but no human being should treated like that, especially by someone who has one of the easiest jobs on the set, yet gets paid the most. Shame on the director for trying to weasel his way out and letting Bale get away with that nonsense. Bale clearly has anger issues and needs help. Apparently he is not only a phenomenal actor, but also a massive d-bag.
this is so russell crowe throwing a phone meets david o russell going fucking bonkers –
this is crazy – i couldn’t even listen to it all – dp fucked up – his bad – way bale handled – oh shit –
he flipped the fuck out – you can tell he’s never really had to fight much or defend himself –
maybe this is why he’s an awful actor? the batman voice was ridiculous –
this will kill his career and become a cult phenom – oh well he’s rich as shit and can go chill on an island
leave christian alone. we don’t know the full context. if this guy screwed up his shot repeatedly, after a long workday, i’d bet you’d all behave the same way.
What a childish creep!! We should all have such minor problems to rant about. Maybe he needs to donate some time to REAL issues and stop focusing on his insignificant ego. Also, in a REAL workplace, his behavior would have been cause for being fired. He is verbally abusive….and requires anger management.
Such a baby! I feel for the DP. No matter what someone may have done wrong, NO ONE deserves to be spoken to in such a threatening way.
Drug testing for Christian! What a putz. McG too for not standing up for the DP.
Man, this is a mix of thoughts
Seems he reacted in the wrong way, but at the same time it should not have happened
I figure CB was having a bad day and took it out on this fellow, thought the guy was wrong, it was simply the catalyst. CB needs some anger management, nothing wrong with that, but this is the sound of a man who has some serious feelings of inadequacy. The way he speaks, it does not resonate as a person who feels superior, but rather a person who cannot control their exploding behavior.
Wow, all these comments and no one states the obvious, that we all just heard 4 minutes of pure “Roid Rage”.
Did that ripped body come courtesy of alot of hard work and possibly some major juice? Someone should stop him before he ends up hurting someone.
Bale was out of control. The DP was not in the right if he was repeatedly screwing up takes by getting in the shot. But Bale was just as unprofessional for the way he chose to address the problem.
CELEBUTARD
We didn’t see the lead up to this.
It’s not cool to lash out like that, but I wouldn’t start hating on Bale because of it. It’s not like he’s complaining about the Craft table not being stocked with his favorite fruit juice, his scene has evidently been ruined multiple times by the guy.
Crazy is all I can say. Sounded like Bale was about to whoop up on the guy.
You know, I read over and over that no one should be talked to like this. At the end of the day though, I hear talk like this all the time, many times a day.
We just grin and bear it, move along, and get the mission done. I’ve taken my share and when it’s necessary, I dish it out as well.
And as much as I hate to admit it, there is a certain motivational factor that accompanies a good ass-ripping. It does a lot to get people to pull their heads out of their asses and focus.
IMHO, McG (or really the 1st AD) should have been giving the dressing down to his DP for interfering with his actor’s performance. He didn’t step up, because McG is a ‘nice guy’ and it happened enough times that Chris took it upon himself to correct the problem.
Let’s face it, folks don’t threaten to walk for a one time occurrence, no matter how big a prima donna we like to make them out to be.
Good thing Nikki confirmed its authenticity. Without her diligent fact-checking, I would’ve thought it was some other Welsh know-it-all blowing a fuse on the set of T4…
This is classic! Look guys, take it from someone who knows, this is no different than 80-90% of most male stars. The only reason this event sticks out is because Bale was in trouble recently for losing his temper. But on a film set, professionalism takes on many forms. It’s charged with emotion. This could possibly be a method for Bale. Or maybe the production is weighing everything on him and he exploded. It’s a rare outburst, no doubt. But either way, there’s really nothing wrong with this while an actor is working on set. The sound guy and the DP are usually blood brothers on a movie, so it’s no surprise he leaked it to TMZ. The Sound Man should be replaced or sued. Eeveryone is on contract, so leaking and playing this on the internet could be an infringement on the copyright owned by the studio. The Mixer was recording the rant, so it’s obviously an outtake. And all outtakes provided on set recorded by the crew are property to that studio. I would highly doubt the studio contracts don’t cover this. Otherwise every actor would have his day sooner or later. Move on guys. He’s passionate. When he does this at the local restaurant, then by all means, go at him. This is the way it is and the way it’s always been.
Sounds like a crappy film that needed the media publicity by releasing this to the public.
He must have forgotten to take his meds that day; he needs to take his meds everyday without fail.
He devolved into threatening to attack his co worker and his hang up with the F word and body parts is really indicative for the need for continual chemical restraints.
had he had a butcher knife or a gun at hand he would have cut loose on someone. I think he is a danger to himself and his coworkers.
They should have filmed it, this was the best performance from this hack. He threatened to hit him, I thought he only hit women?
What’s a DP and what do they do?
What a prick. Christian Bale….Your a fucking duche. DIE IRL.
Bale stays in character for weeks at a time. That and the punk that kept walking the set made the situation what it is. He’s a brilliant actor but foul mouthed. So what? All great artists are anguished souls. If I want nice I’ll buy a bag of marshmallows.
Wow.. the “starf*cking” going on here is unbelievable. You all would defend an A-List actor if he threw a puppy off a cliff, so I’m not shocked you’re siding with Bale on this argument.
This guy is a jerk. He beat up his mom and sister, do you think he cares about some nobody on his movie set. He is truly an “American Psycho”; no pun intended.
Actors project their self-loathing fears in a variety of ways. Some are more passive-agressive than others. Not in this case.
This example of indescretion exhibits, in my view, Bale’s self-important displacement of the real anger towards himself for being so unfocused/unprepared as to allow a working-class technician/professional to distract him from what is supposed to not only his creative role, but also his leadership role.
He failed, and has shown himself to be an immature pampered brat.
Had I been McG, I would have ordered the key grip to bitch-slapped him. Or done so myself.
It doesn’t matter how late they worked, or how tired they were, or if the DP was something of an amateur, etc. Nobody has the right to humiliate and demoralise someone like that for three and half minutes. I can understand Bale’s frustration, but come on, that was overkill and ridiculous. Someone should have stepped in and put a stop to that egomaniac’s rant.
Eh, what’s the big deal? Bale is an actor…by definition vain, egocentric, and narcissistic. He’s not Batman…he’s a little Welshman who does make-believe in front of cameras for millions of dollars.
Remember (ultimate prima donna) Kinski blowing up at Walther Saxer on Fitzcarraldo? Remember what Herzog did? Nothing. He let Kinski spew his venom, and then it was done. Filming continued. Kinski was valuable enough for his behavior to be tolerated.
Bale is no Kinski (and McG is, uh, no Herzog), but bad behavior by stars–unafraid of being fired–goes with the territory on set. In that sense, you could say that “unprofessionalism” is professional…at least in Hollywood.
Actors are sooooo important…
I don’t care if he was doing a scene. You just DON’T treat another person that way. All of our classy actors are gone now – Bale has NO CLASS at all. I am saving a whole lot of money by not supporting the work of immature and stupid “celebrities” – he’s just the most current on my list of those to not watch.
Geez. You’re a bunch of women. It’s nothing more than an average display of a Scotch-Irish temper. Seriously, if this has your panties in a wad, don’t ever make one of us REALLY angry. That was nothing.
Man…
Last time i will watch a movie with that ASS$OLE Christian in it.
It’s one thing to have a short temper boost but to go off and off and off on this poor guy. He should have said, “yeah come get me…then clocked his AS#”.
UNBELIEVABLE
Nice that sound kept rolling…
We should now have a look at the film to see the flip side of the coin. How’d that take look during dailies the next day?? The DP must have turned bright red during them. A DP should know enough to sit still till the director calls a cut. Actors should not have to perform with unprofessional shit like this. Send the lighting crew in to get it right if there’s a problem with the lights, but do it at the appropriate time, not during a take! Sure Christian snapped. Who wouldn’t? He’s human. Besides being human, he’s a damn good actor. When doing a scene that demands everything from an actor, one does not stroll through the scene like Alfred Hitchcock doing his cameo! I worked with Christian Bale on The Prestige, and he was great. Very low key, respectful, and completely professional.
stay classy mr. bale.
douche.bag.
WHAT A DICK..
THE GUY SHOULD HAVE CLOCKED CHRISTIAN IF HE HAD IT IN HIM.
I WILL NEVER WATCH ANOTHER MOVIE OF HIS.
SPOILED HOLLYWOOD ASS$OLE
Very mature and professional. I’m sure Bale is perfect and has never erred on the set. What a man to show concern for his fellow man with a little constructive criticism. God what I would pay to work with such people! And I’ve always thought these people we’re arrogant self centered children pretending to be grown ups! Wow how wrong we can be!
If he didn’t apologize to that guy, then Batman is officially a douschebag (<—spelling?) I can understand blowing up on somone, but for that damn long? He needs to get over himself. He ain’t so damn important that he can treat other people like his lowly little subjects, that arrogant prick. The DP and director need to grow a pair.
There is no excuse for abusive behavior, privately or publicly. Serves Bake right if everyone hears this. He has no right to yell at someone like that, he could have asked the director to deal with it or someone else, or said a few words but this just shows his uncontrollable rage. There is no excuse for (verbal) abuse. Unless lives are being saved or some more important drastic situation, this behavior is uncalled for.
Christian Bale is a prick and he should never work in Hollywood again. What a immature and spoiled prick. I would have ripped his empty head from his scrawny neck.
So he flipped right the fuck out and went on about it for way too long, who the fuck hasn’t. What the hell is wrong with you people who treat this like no one has ever spoken these words together in a sentence before? Seriously, explain how this could not have been anybody else really pissed off at somebody else who trashed something they are passionate about? It would be like somebody walking on to one of my shoots and sitting on the model’s lap.
DP should stand still. 200 million dollar movie, and Bale gets the blame if it goes down. Not McG and def not the DP. Sure , it sounds excessive, but you don’t know what the scene was. Could of been emotional, could of been preparing for it all day.
I’ve been in that situation before, trying to do a scene with somebody not paying attention, walking around. There are few things for an actor that are more annoying
why don’t you give some love to tmz since they posted it first? youd be pissed if they posted something you did without credit…
Stay Classy Christian Bale!
And BALE is complaining about someone ELSE being UNPROFESSIONAL?
Sounds like Bale is just another whiny, overpaid Hollywood prima-donna. IMO, he needs a good ass-kicking himself.
This is the perfect example of Hollywood arrogance. Who does this guy think he is? NO ONE has the right to treat another human being so abominably… I don’t care how long he “agonized” over the scene for his mega million $ check. The Hollywood stars these days think they are above the world … they amost decidedly are not. Reality check due here.
This guy is a complete asshole the only one acting uprofesional was him . perhaps he can date lindsay lohan and they can share tantrums. I wouldent pay 2 cents to see this dick ia movie.
There is no excuse whatsoever for that kinda of language and abuse. Completely unprofessional.
I will never go see a Christian Bale movie again. I always suspected he was a bit of extreme-arrogant-type like Russell Crowe. Now I know.
I laughed when I heard this. Was it inappropriate? Yes, but if you’re really in the business you’ve heard this kind of stuff a lot. Not just from actors and actresses, but directors and producers as well. There are executives that scream at their assistants like this everyday. I was once on the phone with the assistant of an agent at CAA while he screamed ala Christian Bale at the assistant. I felt so bad for the guy, that I apologized for calling at a bad time. The assistant said, “No problem. It’s like this all the time.”
Everyone is jealous because they can’t yell at their idiot co-workers like Christian Bale can. How many times have you wanted to do this exact same thing in your office? Well too bad you’re not Christian Bale. Too bad you’re not that cool. Keep on crying about ‘how people shouldn’t treat other people like that’, as if you really believe it. Oh and if only you could…
I think they should bring in David O. Russell to direct Christian’s next film. Sounds like a match made in hell!
Unprofessional on Bale’s part for lashing out like this when he knows the DP cannot quit the job right then and there because of verbal abuse. Actors (also TV anchors by the way) are known for lashing out and crew cannot walk out on them. For any crew walk off a shoot for any reason other than severe sudden illness isn’t tolerated in the film or TV business (I’ve worked in both) especially over verbal abuse. You have to let it blow over.
Sounds like Bale was technically right, but shows absolutely no class and no self-control. What is an actor if not a master of self-control? That’s what separates a great actor from mediocre. The mediocre ones lash out like that and the great ones control their emotions, discuss it with the director between takes and let the director or A.D. handle it. For an actor to have it out directly with crew is no class on the part of the actor.
Any person defending Bale is a total idiot. No one has any right, except for life and death situations, has the right to treat another person in such a demeaning way. PERIOD.
it’s obvious he has a major attitude and anger problem… it already was evident in his relationship with his family, as well. people like this need to be called out, fined, or left isolated to learn from their mistakes.. .bunch of megalomaniac divas.
People need to grow the F up, especially “intertubes”, this tape is nothing.
How do you know this guy did not do the same thing several other times beforehand (it sure sounds like it from the tape), and finally after being asked nicely 5 times, Mr. Bale went off on him.
You ever tell someone to do something over and over and they don’t get it until you yell at them or tell them the next time they do it they are fired? Sometimes people just don’t listen unless you make them. If you don’t know that, you have never had any real responsibility in a business in your life.
I bet this guy didn’t walk through the scene again the rest of the week.
I don’t care who you are, IT IS NEVER OK TO ACT LIKE THAT. Bale knows that he in a position of power and abuses it like a world class jerk. I know BALE punk wouldn’t do that down at our lumber mill or he would get his pretty ass handed to him. What next, slap women? What a chicken shit looser. No more Bale Punk films for me.
Everybody seems to be working under the assumption the camera was rolling; from the chat it just sounds like they were working a rehearsal and the DP was getting his lights while they were running it. Just because the recorder is going doesn’t mean they called roll on sound. Digital production recorders essentially record the entire day on a loop and the recordist can select any moment to commit to the hard drive, even spans of time in the past. I’m a production recordist and we always record this stuff; we aren’t the ones that leak it- talk to the assistant editors in the picture department, the guys at the telecine house, and publicity guys about that one
I guess all the posters here are actors and above-the-line types, and this stuff is just par for the course. An observation: If the DP walked off the set after this ridiculousness the whole crew would have gone with him. If Christian Bale doesn’t like the guy in his eyeline, he should ever-so-politely ask him to step away, and if he persists, he should ever so politely tell McG that he’s leaving the set until the DP gets his act together. This is just some actor asserting his bankability and artistic superiority over the DP of “Mr. 3000.”
IMHO. I get that we didn’t hear the hour leading up to it but anything short of Shane murdering Bale’s kids doesn’t justify the utter ridiculousness of this.
Dude is the DP. He’s not some random schmuck PA — he’s the 4th most important person in the entire goddamn shoot.
You don’t yell at above the line people like that. Especially not one with the power to make or break your performance. That’s not only unprofessional but extremely stupid.
Still, DP was wrong for walking into Bale’s LOS. Doesn’t give him a right to flip shit, though.
And McG was probably staring at a monitor, which is why he didn’t see shit.
I am deeply disturbed with this unacceptable behavior upon another human being. Shame on you Christian … you make your name undeserving.
Sean
The DP ruined my shot and I totally lost my motivation. What was my motivation again? I’m trying to save the future from a bunch of marauding robots that are trying to destroy the world?
Well, here’s the thing: if Bale is ready to “go again” literally seconds after his hissy fit, and he doesn’t need to “take a minute,” then why can’t he just concentrate and do the scene in the first place even though his DP might be in his sight line.
If he concentrate enough seconds after shrieking, why can’t he concentrate before shrieking? Now that’s truly “amateur” behavior, in my opinion.
Professional behavior in most office environments is not the same as professional behavior on set. In many respects, of course, it is. But this is art as well as commerce… and there are regularly (and happily) interactions that are quite different in tone than those around a fax machine at a banking institution. This is why people enjoy being in artistic environments. When people are used to being easy-going in a “profane” or “inappropriate” way, a side-effect is that they carry those patterns into their hostility. I don’t mean to excuse this tirade, merely to provide some context for those who have never worked in the arts (commercial or otherwise).
I’m delighted that he told off the S.O.B’s. Sounds like someone pushed their way in to where they shouldn’t have been. The poor guy has had enough with nutcases lately. Lay off him.
Man that was intense> but if you people are surprised then you have very little knowledge about how thing behave on movie sets. Im not excusing Bale.
compared to regular work enviroments they would seem down right abusive. I have seen and heard of many such incidents, lots of money,stress and livlihoods on the line everyday.
Long work days coupled with having to get set number of shots per day and making things work make people working on film shoots lose it every so often. Its par for the course!
Listening to Bale’s rant makes me incredibly sad. Nobody should talk to another human being like that, even in private. It is degrading and insulting and rude beyond belief. The fact that there were loads of people around to witness it adds insult to injury.
Bale should be ashamed of himself and issue a serious mea culpa to the DP and to the world. I mean, If Michael Phelps has to apologize for acting like a 23 year old, certainly Bale should be held accountable for his behavior. And I certainly don’t care how unprofessional the DP was, or what mistakes he made.
This is what’s wrong with Hollywood. We put up with shit like that. I wish McG had a better handle on the situation, because during that rant it became clear who was running things on that set.
Listening to that makes me glad Dark Knight was snubbed at the Oscars. It also makes me believe that Bales’ sister and mother were speaking the truth.
I’ve worked on a few films when the star gets to act like a child and have hissy fits and nobody does anything. Sickening.
The only justice is when tapes and videos of the incidents are made public. Because I can assure you that if Christian Bale knew the world would see this rant, the rant would not have happened.
Funny–this kind of reminds me of Mel Gibson in Malibu.
Nothing like true colors.
OMG! Anyone who has heard of a band call “Life S*x and Death” you know this rant sounds like the beginning of their song, “Some f*c*in’sh*t a**!” I love that song, but this rant should’ve been the beginning!
what a punk that Bale is, eh? Im not an attorney but threatening to kick somones ass is a major work place violation in the USA. That DP has one huge case in his favor. $$$$$$$
Give me a break I’ve gotten ripped that bad or worse from a boss the only difference in the corporate world is they don’t cuss.
If you listen he says you keep doing this, it sounded to me like the dude did it several times and didn’t stop the behavior. I guess all the people upset are from the USA, most Americans can’t handle this type of harsh criticism anymore, because most of you grew vag’s where your balls used to be. Me personally, I’d have just floored the dude.
publicity stunt, no doubt.
Folks, this is what happens when you appear in a huge film like “The Dark Knight”. Evidently Bale thinks he has arrived. SO DID RUSSELL CROWE UNTIL HE THREW THAT TELEPHONE ONTO THE HOTEL CLERK.
Bale is reasonably pissed here. I’m on his side.
I think Bale knew that he was going off and he just couldn’t stop himself. He actually stops to tell the guy that he’s a nice guy at one point. Nobody should be talked to that way, yes, but we don’t know the context and what set this off. For all we know, he was told numerous times NOT to get in the actor’s sight line.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bale apologized almost immediately when he calmed down. People who lose their temper like that almost immediately apologize to the person they are venting on.