Ever wondered where Christian Bale channelled that seething throaty Batman anger from? Ever wondered how in the hell he got arrested for simply yelling at his mother? Or perhaps where he got the psychopathic level of madness for his role in “American Psycho“?
Oh, maybe he gets that rage from everyday events like a director of photography walking through the background of a shot on “Terminator Salvation.”
Man, TMZ has the audio that some sneaky person (probably someone from the ‘T4’ sound department) managed to record and man Bale goes BALLISTIC. Apparently Bale — going off the rails of his crazy train — on DP Shane Hurlbut happened a few months ago. It’s full of F-Bombs, exasperated anger and NSFW.
TMZ describes the event:
“During a scene, Shane Hurlbut, director of cinematography, screwed up a shot — at least in Christian’s mind. We’re told Bale went wild, screaming “I will kick your ass” along with some other choice remarks. Several hundred people — including Military Police — heard the outburst, which was described as “intense.”
Umm, yeah, just a tiny bit. Suffice to say someone on the ‘Terminator’ sound department probably got fired about five minutes ago. As one of our film set friends says, “that’s very typical behavior from someone under high stress with little sleep, possibly on several medications, god knows what else going on at the same time of trying to work.” They do say he was exhausted. We personally love Bale, but it’s just kind of too funny not to post [ed. no it’s not funny to freak out on a person on a job, but to just hear the shit streaming out of his mouth]. We said it once, we’ll say it again. Do not fuck with Christian Bale.
Something about a guy shouting “MCG!!!” is hilarious to me. Speaking of McG, that guy sounds scared shitless.
My god, i know, right? I’m… shocked, in stitches, appalled, understanding… man. that shit is balls out crazy!
I don’t blame Mr. Bale. I get this fast and furious when I just think about “McG.”
This is a great little visual…just turn down the sound on the video and turn up the sound on the mp3…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF7gUbqHldo
Genius. i think you just set up a little project for yourself. You KNOW that shit will blow up on youtube.
Another person who has some really intense off-screen in between take behavior is Ed Harris. I’ve seen some footage, and he’s a scary guy as well. Of course, David O Russell is probably the most in need of anger managment as far as this realm is concerned, but its nice to see Bale joined the group. Maybe they all can go to therapy together
The best part of this whole thing is ITS TERMINATOR 4!!! Can it really get screwed up? Don’t worry Bale, your oscar is still ensured…………….NOT
I love all the outrage coming from some people as if this is the first time two people ever had a screaming match at work.
That being said, I find that tape funny as hell.
Well is wasn’t really a shouting “match” as you put it. It was just Bale, who is apparently a fucking diva, yelling at a guy he thinks he’s better than, and coming off as a complete asshole. I’ve lost some respect for him to tell you the truth. There’s no need to berate another person like that no matter what they’ve done. So Bale has never made a mistake…uh, look at half his resume, including this film.
I will never defend behavior like this. Having said that, these are actors we are talking about. If you think egos don’t fly high with most of them, go down to your local community theatre. I promise you that some 50 year-old that works at Wal-Mart thinks he’s Sir Lawrence Olivier. I am shocked the DP sat there and took it. Maybe a question that needs to be asked is why do expect anything less from Hollywood at this point? Still, Bale is one of my favorite actors and I thought he was above this. Like I said before, the T-1000 never would have taken this shit.
Amazing. Shane must have had a better business card. Look at that subtle off white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my god! It’s even got a watermark.
Ha, yea. Maybe video stores need to move “American Psycho” to the documentary section.