Woah.
I no longer think Christian Bale is hot.
Click here to listen to his loooooong and very frightening rant against what appears to be some manner of lighting tech on the Terminator: Salvation set. (WARNING: The audio starts automatically and contains profanity.)
I don’t care how hard your day has been, or how hard your co-workers are to deal with, there is just no excuse for this kind of an angry rant against someone who isn’t even fighting back. It accomplishes nothing, and Christian should be ashamed of himself. I hope he issues an apology for this and does something about his anger management issues. To be honest, I didn’t even listen to the whole thing. I got through about 30 seconds of it and just felt too mortified for everyone involved to continue.
I think people are more likely to understand why his mom and sister filed that verbal assault complaint with the police last year.
His mother is a piece of rubbish.
Id let him slap my taint and call me a dick hole any day of the week.
Smack my ass and ride sally ride!
wow, what a prick…
woah woah woah
Maybe his role in American Psycho wasn’t that much of a stretch for him!!
Uh, I didn’t realize American Psycho was a bio pic…
He sort of personified the “Hollywood Diva” act for me. LET IT GO, dude.
I still love his mouth.
he’s got a crooked nose
*just an observation*
I NEVER liked that guy, and now there’s undeniable proof I can shove to people who still argue the sexiness of that man’s chin.
I second that.
What a complete asshole.
Geez…This guy needs help. His blood pressure is through the roof!
Lol, exactly what I was thinking.
is that really actually him though? it sounds like a bit of a piss take.
DIVA! He could teach Kanye a thing or two about tantrums….
I’d be so unemployed if he attempted to yell at me like that.
You don’t like my work, pull me aside and privately discuss it with me.
Yell at me and demean me in public and I’d go all Walter Sobchek on his ass.
Yeah, totally. The poor guy who was getting yelled at in public is way more mellow than I am. I would have just jumped at Bale’s throat. This is no way to talk to another human being. Get counselling, asshole.
what a damn shame
what a dickface. I feel bad for the photography dude.
That’s how abusers talk. I hate it.
ugh totally
What a fucking asshole.
He needs anger fucking management . That dude wasn’t even really defending his self. He was quiet and he just kept fucking yelling at him or fucking nothing…..
I bet he thinks so highly of himself.
By the way he said things like “you don’t know how to work with actors” …or whatever , he probably thinks he this big famous A list celebrity. He probably thinks what he does is such hard work and that his acting is Brilliant or something. He needs to get over himself.
Fuck him.
mcgasp!
i listened to the first 15 seconds of that.
and i realized…
that’s how i sound.
on a daily basis.
minus the haggard voice and the angryness.
maybe i should cut down on the word fuck. :P
i still like him, i have no idea why.
Dude, we all sound like that sometimes. People should not be so friggin’ judgmental.
I can honestly say that I have NEVER in my LIFE sounded like that. Not ever! So yeah, I judge.
He was yelling at somebody’s Dad, brother, son, husband… if anyone yelled at my Dad half as bad as he did in this clip, I’d beat him so bad afterwards he’d make Corky from Life Goes On look like a Mensa member.
Just go’s to show, you never know what some body is like behind closed doors. Temper like that, you could hurt someone.
woah…. about 3 quarters of the way through you can hear scrambling to get in front of him to keep him from beating him. thats rediculous. how many hours until the denial/apology?
If he acts that way at work it makes me wonder how he treats his wife and kid(s?) … because that kind of anger just doesn’t stop when you go home….
An apology will not suffice.
I would’ve gotten in his face in the hopes that he’d put his hands on me…then sue the shit out of him.
What an arrogent ass.
I liked him a lot in “The Machinist” and in both of the Batman movies, too. However, I don’t think I care too much for this demeaning tone in this instance.
“Man, you don’t f***’in understand what it’s like working with actors” — oh, I think he does now, poor guy — and he’s found out that some of them are complete and total douche-wad a-holes.
This is what happens when you pay people way too much money for what they’re doing.
I bet in a few days he’ll be making an apology for his outburst. I personally think the guy is a total douche and needs to chill out. These poor hollywood actors who make MILLIONS stamping all over the DP’s who makes pennies.
Get a life dick!
wow… i have no words
This doesn’t even sound like Christian Bale…
Are you joking, that sounds just like him! I can understand being passionate about what you do but he obviously has no respect for his fellow man. This guy was just trying to do his job, get over it! Its not like Christian is preforming neurosurgery, its a shitty remake of an 80’s flick!
Seriously, I looked up an interview of him talking and it sounds nothing like him…
What Christian Bale do you listen to?
It sounds exactly like Christian Bale, Sometimes. It is Christian Bale.
What a princess…
it’s not like no one ever got pissed off before… he’s still hot, just don’t mess with him when it comes to acting on a set. the guy he’s talking to probably really is a prick that makes a lot of mistakes? it’s possible the dude deserved it.
He said that it was the second time it had happened. TWO. And he also said that he was a nice guy, even repeated it for effect. So, I’m thinking Christian himself proved your theories wrong there.
what are you talking about? how do you know it wasn’t good reason for him to explode? geez, we all weren’t there, there’s no visual along with the audio… unless christian bale comes out himself and apologizes or something – it’s all swept under the rug.
So what? There’s absolutely no way to justify the way Bale reacted. I don’t care if it was the millionth time the tech guy did whatever it is he did wrong.
Deserved it?!?
No, unless you mangle toddlers or are involved in a genocide plot, no one ever, ever ‘deserves’ to be spoken to that way.
It just goes on and on and on…
But is it him? Isn’t he British? But it sounds just like batman…
whoa is right !! how frigging arrogant and rude! no excuses for that behavior at all
he said “fuck” with other variations exactly 40 times in like 4-5 minutes.
whats up with that?
I don’t know how the guy he was yelling at held back from telling him to STFU.
This is bona fide? Something about this screams ‘staged’ to me. Why, I have no clue. There’s no reason to stir up controversy like this, but seriously this doesn’t sound real or else everyone who works in the film industry would be uploading sound clips like this, because I’m sure Bale’s not the only one who’s a d!ck.
his accent is seriously going back and forth from english to irish to socal-ian…
if the guy was messing up his scene and multiple others, he deserves to be reprimanded, but not that SEVERELY.
Wow, he sounds just like my dad, who was also in serious need of professional help.
If this is real I hope he has a harder time finding work from now on – nobody should be willing to deal with an egomaniacal a-hole like that. Hard to believe he got as far as he did with that kind of temper.
I’d love for him to try have a go at me like that. Then again, guys like him never try to have a go at guys like me. Bullies are the biggest of wimps.
Yes! Those guys are like sharks, they can sense the fear and they go after it…
You are all overreacting.
We have no idea what the context of this is.
Bale is probably an EP on the film and therefore has the authority to yell at the crew if they screw up.
Sure, he lost his temper and went overboard, but it’s not like he hurt anyone.
I really do not think people have the right to insinuate he’s some sort of abusive wife-beater because he reprimanded someone on the set of his own damn movie.
Did you actually listen to it? He repeatedly threatened to kick the guys ass and at one point it sounds like he tried to make good on the threat and had to be stopped. That’s not only wrong, it’s illegal.
Ok, I have to admit I did not hear him trying to ‘make good on the threat’. I assumed that since there were no reports of an actual assault, he was just talking – people tend to throw around that phrase quite often without really meaning it.
I don’t believe that simply stating “I’m gonna kick your ass” is illegal, but if he did attempt some sort of physical altercation, that’s a completely different matter.
Wait – so it’s okay to threaten people who ‘”screw up” with bodily harm?
Reprimanding, especially from seasoned professionals, should look something like, “Hey, we need to do this differently. What’s the problem and how do we fix it?”
Rather than an extended, immature, unproductive screaming cuss fest. Do you honestly think Bale is going to get the best out of people around him if he speaks to them in this way when they make mistakes?
No, I think he’s a dumbass for doing it. I just don’t understand why everyone is demonizing him in such an extreme way. He lost his temper and threw a tantrum – but it’s not like he’s the first person to do that. The way everyone was reacting, you’d think he’d killed a kitten or something.
American Psycho. These type of people are nightmares to work with, the ones with serious anger problems.
i dont think thats him
hehe don’t you hear that fluctuating action? sure it’s him!
Are you sure that he only said fuck 40 times? It seemed like a lot more than that! It was almost laughable-how can you take a guy seriously when he goes off like that? If this is the way Hollywood actors treat the crew, it’s no wonder that they have such high opinions of themselves. Nobody even tried to shut him up-shows how much clout these primadonnas have.
okay honestly? people get really angry sometimes. my history teacher/play director had an outburst like that once – not actually threatening, but full of the word “fuck” and jumping around and screaming. I still love him — it was four days before the show and people weren’t coming to rehearsals on time and no one knew where the props were.
We don’t know the whole story — yeah, there is no real GOOD excuse for blowing up at someone like that, but maybe he was just the straw that broke the camel’s back, you know? Maybe Christian Bale is like my dad — he lets little things build up inside him and then he’ll just blow. Never actually threatens to hit any of us, thank God, but he does freak out. He did punch a hole in the ceiling once…
And I’m pretty sure Christian Bale is a “method actor” — isn’t John Connor kind of an angry, angsty person?
I still love him.
Also, dude, think about it… they’re in the middle of a scene and some guys just waltzes right through and ruins it all?
Anyway, he’s used to working with Nolan’s people… who are probably a lot better to work with. Terminator’s just some summer popcorn flick.
I really think this is hilarious… I wish there was a video for it.
Agree — I can imagine how obnoxious that would be.
Agree — How happy can he be about working on amazing films with Nolan and then going to a Terminator movie that shouldn’t even be made? T3 shouldn’t have been made. At least that one had Ahnold.
…Not so sure I agree with that last one, but 2/3 ain’t bad! :)
I really wish someone would’ve fired his ass on the spot. I know his name brings too much money in to do such a thing, but still. Anything to shut up a self-absorbed asshole. No excuse is good enough to verbally abuse someone.
He is yelling at the director of photography Shane Hurlbut. The guy is probably a “tweaker” (a guy that likes to constantly make adjustments on his lighting). Sounds like he walked up to a light during a take.
There is a strict rule that you stay out of the actor’s eye line when they are performing so you don’t distract them. Yes, Christian Bale is acting crazy here but when you are working with a hundred million dollar movie there is a lot of pressure on his shoulders. Mix in a little ego and you have a short tempered actor.
What is more interesting about this story is the fact that the audio feed from Christian Bale’s wireless mic was released. This is a massive breach of trust on the sound man’s part. His ass will be fired and no big actor will trust him again. Hope he likes indy films.
finally someone is making sense!
Christian Bale is also a loose cannon… once you have garnered that rep in the industry, directors are weary of you. Doesn’t matter how good of an actor you were / are. Actors who lose it like that are deemed “difficult” and nobody wants a difficult production. Are you a Grip? A PA? Just wondering cause you seem to know what you are talking about.
I’d still have hard vigorous rough sex with him.. I’d totally let him hit me.
lol Abbi.
mmmmMMMMmmmm!
ok, i just listened to the whole thing. to me, it sounds like he had a good reason to get pissed off. i would be pretty pissed too. but he really didn’t need to say fuck so many times. we got it. use another adverb. or adjective. or verb. haha. he pretty much used it in every gramatical category there is.
I don’t care who you are, where you are, or under what circumstances you behave this way, it is unacceptable. The fact that so many of you rationalize it makes me wonder what backgrounds you come from. It is NOT okay to treat someone this way.
I’ve loved Christian Bale since Newsies, but this makes me lose all respect for him.
Have you never had a boss blow up at you before? It happens.
I’m not saying he wasn’t being a completely unprofessional jerk. I just do not understand what is so horrifically unforgivable about this.
People lose their tempers all the time, and when that happens, they typically scream and curse. Obviously it’s not the right thing to do, and it’s never one’s proudest moment, but then again, most people don’t have to worry about it being broadcast all over the internet.
And that view comes from actual life experience, not some sort of shady ‘background’, mmmkay?
Obviously I have no frame of reference for this type of behavior, otherwise I would not be so appalled. If a boss, or any human responded to me in this manner I would turn and walk away.
However, I do understand that at this level he has worked hard to get where he is and can’t just walk away.
And I am not saying anyone’s background is shady, I am just wondering about esteem issues or some such that you or anyone would let themselves be addressed that way.
I’m just going to roll my eyes at that last comment and leave this discussion.
Enjoy the view from your high horse.
> I don’t care who you are, where you are, or under what circumstances you behave this way, it is unacceptable.
Have you ever worked 12-17 hour days for five to 8 months? Often with hours that start at 6am on a Monday but by Friday you are working until the sun comes up on Saturday?
Film and television is a FUCKING grind. Many marriages have been destroyed by shows that have a lot of night shooting. There isn’t the glamor of movie production that Hollywood sells you.
Getting angry like this isn’t professional. If you let yourself get this angry without dealing with the problem like an adult you are not being professional.
The only thing I can say in his defense is that he is yelling at the keys and not the lower paid crew. He is yelling at the director, the first ad, and the DP. Christian calls for the boom operator (Tom) to come back in to fix his radio mic and uses the word please even though he is completely steamed. That impressed me.
The DP is a big boy and can suck it up. That is what he is getting the big bucks for at this level.
Know you know why I only like working on the low to medium budget stuff. Less screaming :D
Woops mistake. Meant to type “Now you know…” on last sentence.
this explanation is laughable
12- 17 hour days, longer actually, are normal for many moms; i’d love to hear you say anything in their defense if they spoke to the grocery clerk this way
get a grip, this is the product of insane and unchecked egotism
and i don’t believe for one second it will result in a better crew
Yup…I’m working on 12-17 hour days for almost six years now. I get no respect from the person I am working for, I get thrown up on, pooped on, peed on. For the first year I was screamed at around the clock,
And I am responsible for something a lot more important than one multi-million dollar movie. I am shaping a life. Talk about pressure.
Fortunately for those around me, I am not psychotic, so I never unleash like this guy.
That’s right, film production is just like being a stay at home mom (heavy sarcasm).
Mom’s don’t have millions of dollars resting on their job. Mom’s don’t have to deal with a dozen different departments, several unions, set protocol, chain of command, and perhaps a crew of 100+. Your biggest decision is what sandwich you will you put in little Johnny’s lunch. Make a wrong decision on a film set and your career is over. Everyone is a freelancer and you are one mistake away from unemployment.
Film and television production is very technical. Most programs you watch suck monkey balls not only because of lack of talent on the crew but because rising above the technology is an art form.
Put 10 people in a room and assign a task to them. Put pressure on them and see how well they get along. Multiply that task 10x by having a group of 100+ all with different tasks to do but working towards a same goal. Do variations of that task for 12-17 hours each day while only working on 6 hours sleep.
Disclaimer: No I am not slamming stay at home moms. The comparison was absolutely insane and just plain ignorant.
“Make a wrong decision on a film set and your career is over. Everyone is a freelancer and you are one mistake away from unemployment.”
DP, please give an example of an A list male actor who made one mistake on the set that cost him his career. We’ll be waiting.
I don’t like the stay at home mom comparison myself, so I’ll give you another from personal experience. Naval Special Forces. Take your pick, training or after graduation. 12-17 hour days. I wish. Sleep deprivation. Check. A lot at stake if you make one small mistake. Check. Need to have absolute trust in all your coworkers and they in you. Check. Tendency to have uncontrollable screaming rages at coworkers, family, etc. Loss of job.
Same would apply to most other jobs. If it was a corporate job, he’d either be fired or they’d pay off the person he harassed and assaulted.
where did anyone say anything about being a stay at home mom? all i’m saying is that if you want to be exhausted past the point, try raising kids.
it may be a poor analogy but i stand by the fact that christian bale’s life is not so tough that he needs to freak out in this way. and i also stand by my assertion that if everything is so insanely pressured, he’s only adding to that and not serving anyone by this display.
Eh. Not that big a deal. People blow up sometimes. The douche who kept fucking with the lighting was not on mic – that’s why it sounded one-way. You could tell he kept trying to back talk or excuse his outrageously unprofessional and disrespectful actions. Sure, Bale lost it, but who hasn’t under those extreme conditions? If you really think none of these beloved celebs don’t do this you are fooling yourself. Anyway, if I got caught on tape while arguing with my dude I think we’d make headlines at some point. It happens. Faggggghetttabboutttit.
fine!
that being the case, let him cop to the verbal assault charges from his mom and sis last year – he can just say, ‘eh. not that big a deal. people blow up sometimes.’ and make retribution however the court sees fit. right?
If he committed a crime according to UK law, sure. If not, then not. Who fucking cares?
well then, why do you care? lots of posts from someone who wants us all to faggggghettttabboutttit.
I agree with you completely!! I was horrifed when i first heard it too. I am seriously considering he needs anger management, because who honestly blows up like that for something so small, and yet he STILL continues to harrass the man even when he isn’t saying anything to him. There is nothing impressive about him treating people like that…unfortunately he’s such a celebrity stereotype.
Shh, calm down. You’re getting too angry.
too angry? i don’t hear cursing and shouting and harassment. not that you wouldn’t consider that all very normal, in any case.
Seems to me “so… ” has some deep rooted issues. She needs a hug.
Now get back to the kitchen bitch and make me ma dinna!
I agree with you completely!! I was horrifed when i first heard it too. I am seriously considering he needs anger management, because who honestly blows up like that for something so small, and yet he STILL continues to harrass the man even when he isn’t saying anything to him. There is nothing impressive about him treating people like that…unfortunately he’s such a celebrity stereotype.
Christian Bale, you have broken my heart you bastard! I thought you were nice, now you are just Mickey Rourke V.2. I gave you the benefit of the doubt with the whole Mother/Sister arguement thing. We will never get past this. It’s over.
word… man is out of his mind. I am so glad I am not married to him!! YIKES!
Wild. If true it burst ny bubble. He was great in The Nachinist and both Batman’s but if this is true I could care less if I ever see rhe dude again…
what a jerkface
Took the words out of my mouth.
You do also have to realize that sometimes actors put in long, crazy hours on set. Sometimes tensions are high, and people just have really bad days.
At least he didn’t hit the guy with a phone.
Ummm… yeah, I put in long crazy hours at my job, too, and I’ve never blown up at another “professional” like this. You know who else put in long hours? Doctors. And they’re actually saving lives. Soldiers, too – talk about tense working enviornments. Someone needs to remind Mr. Bale that he pretends for a living and gets paid WAY too much to do so. Actors are coddled assholes.
You’re right. When put in that context he has no excuse.
Genius. I couldn’t agree more.
Yes but what’s the ratio of actors to doctors/soldiers?
Just to reiterate, no matter who you are, no one, *no one* has the right to talk to someone else like that for over 5 minutes! I could maybe understand if Bale just lost his temper for like, 10 seconds max: (“Hey you! Stop walking into the f****** shot!”), but this was unacceptable. Try screaming like that in an office, or any other work environment. And as for the pressure that comes with acting and fame, I’ve got no pity. You know what’s real pressure? Not knowing where your next paycheck is coming from, or if you can pay the rent this month. He should zen out with all his millions. This tantrum was childish, malicious, and reprehensible. I personally can’t wait to hear him grovel, and if I was a studio exec, I would never ever hire him with a temper like that and a lack of respect for his work peers.
You cannot be happy 24/7 on a movie set.
That simply does not exist. He has a right to be mad because the DIRECTOR should have been watching the DOP and what he was doing. How would you feel if some crew member kept fucking things up and you had to repeat a scene several times. You have very unrealistic expectations.
and if you bothered to watch any of Christians films you would understand that he is very dedicated to his work, he knows exactly what he is doing and he will work hard to get a perfect movie, and for you to generalize that he shouldn’t be whining or being ‘mad’ because he gets “lots” of money is really pathetic. He works just as hard as the rest of us, his job at the set was to ACT and not to look after another crew member.
I bet you would feel the same if someone kept fucking things up and you had to do it ALL OVER AGAIN several times.
Ann says:
February 3, 2009 at 1:38 am
You cannot be happy 24/7 on a movie set.
That simply does not exist. He has a right to be mad because the DIRECTOR should have been watching the DOP and what he was doing. How would you feel if some crew member kept fucking things up and you had to repeat a scene several times. You have very unrealistic expectations.
and if you bothered to watch any of Christians films you would understand that he is very dedicated to his work, he knows exactly what he is doing and he will work hard to get a perfect movie, and for you to generalize that he shouldn’t be whining or being ‘mad’ because he gets “lots” of money is really pathetic. He works just as hard as the rest of us, his job at the set was to ACT and not to look after another crew member.
I bet you would feel the same if someone kept fucking things up and you had to do it ALL OVER AGAIN several times.
A response to Ann, easy for you to say comments like yours above but what about if you were the DP guy??? how would you feel being abused in front of everyone?? come over here and i’ll start abusing you for 10mins straight and i’ll guarantee you’ll be feeling like shit.
really?! “if you watched any of his films?” who the fuck are you? he may work hard, but that will never ever give anyone the right to act in that manner. never. i work hard. the person who works three part time jobs works hard. they work for their food or rent. he works for his next mansion. he can afford to calm the fuck down. what, did he miss his massage that day? huh? was it rough for him? too bad. i’m sure the dude he was screaming at is working similar hours, and, oh, thats right, not getting paid nearly as much, nor is he, obviously, getting any appreciation. poor lil’ christian….
The director of photography is a very well respected guy. He was only (apparently) in Christian’s line of sight- distracting him. He didn’t actually ruin the shot. I wasn’t there so that is hearsay.
I do believe Christian was waaaay overreacting.
And on another note, as a daughter of someone in the “biz” and having experienced being on set during tense times and otherwise I can say NOBODY except the director usually looses their cool. Actors who have behaved like fucktards (i.e. Val Kilmer, Michael Keaton) no longer have valuable reputations and their careers go down the tube. Thus being said, I think Christian may have a tough road ahead. Nobody wants to work with a loose cannon.
What a complete pile of bullshit. He’s dedicated to his work and someone made a mistake and this justifies a pubescent, arrogant tirade that just goes on and on?
I am a doc and work my ass off. Worked way, way longer and harder hours than any actor when I was an intern and resident. Plus I was making a pathetic income and had a family. And guess what? I never even came close to indulging my ego like this putz.
And c’mon, he’s an actor, an actor. Kind of pathetic that someone takes themselves so seriously and is so enamored with himself when his job is to act.
When in residency some of my attendings would tear into residents if they did something stupid or missed something that could harm the patient. And we deserved it. But that’s medicine and not make believe.
I was a fan, key word- “was.” I can’t imagine treating a person like that.
same.
He should be embarassed. But my guess is, not.
Yeah, that burst my bubble alright.
I love LOVE that he is screaming and cursing about the lack of professionalism. And the sound on that clip was pristine! Props to the boom operator.
lol
I can’t have sound on right now, but I will say that I don’t think it’s celebrity bad behaviour with him – I think it’s just him and his temper. Anger management does sound like a good idea.
I have to agree with his rant. You cannot have a crew member screwing up a shot (I have a friend who works in production) it costs a lot of money to edit out a mishap as well as film the scene again, and it is also very time consuming especially on the actors part to repeat what he just did AGAIN because someone in the crew was being stupid. It should have been the directors responsibility to snap the DP into shape, and you folks heard that he made a mistake AGAIN on the second take.
Christian is a very hard working actor, if you have seen any of his films you would know he is very dedicated to his work and he wants to do a great job. I have a lot of respect for him, and I hope you readers would have some consideration as well. I would have been equally pissed off if a crew member kept fucking things up and making me repeat a scene all over again.
All right, I’m calling bullshit. Dedication or not, I’m sure the gentleman that is being reprimanded by Bale is just as dedicated to his craft. You treat everybody with respect..,. from a local gardener to the freaking President of the US. If Bale is upset with the preprimandee’s work, then you d it as a professional, not as a thug.
i love Bale’s work and have been a fan since Empire of the Sun, but no more. That’s just disgusting.
All right, I’m calling bullshit. Dedication or not, I’m sure the gentleman that is being reprimanded by Bale is just as dedicated to his craft. You treat everybody with respect..,. from a local gardener to the freaking President of the US. If Bale is upset with the preprimandee’s work, then you do it as a professional, not as a thug.
i love Bale’s work and have been a fan since Empire of the Sun, but no more. That’s just disgusting.
Looks like Ann needs anger management issues as well. I manage 100+ employees, work 16hr days with only a 30min break and have never yelled, abused or threaten them in anyway, if you need to say something to one of your employees then pull him aside in a corner somewhere and start asking them questions.
Looks like Lisa needs to get REAL.
You cannot just go on and assume that he needs to get “help” because he got angry this time and he got “recorded”. I am assuming you think that on every set of every single movie made that everyone working on them was happy 100% of the time. Here is a good example : Lily Tomlins fight with David O Russel.
Christian has a job just like the rest of us and he takes it seriously, and if someone is not doing their job properly and ruins it for other people when they are working at the same time its not fair. Especially if that person makes the same mistake again and makes you repeat what you just did.
He has every right to call the DP out, and call the director out because he wasn’t doing his job which was supervising the DP. Maybe if you listened better instead of making assumptions about what happened you would also know that they “The DP and director” were also immature about the situation.
If you think this is all Christians fault then you are clearly stupid.
Huh, and yet you still seem to have plenty of time for gossip sites…
seriously, ann, maybe you need to work a few hours a day to realize that bitching like that at someone isn’t cool. and since screwing up a shot costs so much time and money, i wanted your professional assessment: does bale have to pay for that? huh? or does he just get his panties in a twist over it? i get it that it could be annoying, but that is not the way to handle shit. its actors like that that don’t get very many offers on scripts because no one wants to fucking work with some piece of shit who thinks their shit don’t smell. fuck him
Congratulations on your no-yelling/abusing/threatening record!
But I do sort of agree with Ann. I mean, it must have been super annoying for Bale. And maybe Bale just doesn’t have the kind of self-control you do? Everyone is different, and we all have our flaws. Yes, this was unacceptable, but do you honestly think he meant all of it?
Obviously, something is a little off with his brain chemistry and this guy just happened to be the one who pushed the big, red “Bale Out” button. Anger management may be in order, but just because he has a temper doesn’t mean everyone has to hate him now.
So you think professional behavior is losing your cool and dropping the F bomb? I find the behavior extremely childish and quite unprofessional
well then take the responsibility of taking the DP guy out off the set easily said than done rather than yelling at him creates alot of tension on the set.
Ann, i think your a total heartless bitch for not putting yourself in other peoples shoes.
One word of advice Ann, instead of abusing the guy how about you quickly grab him and tell him to stay put. Now that wasnt hard was it Ann!
Eh, I still love him. That is, him before Heath Ledger offed himself and Christian forgot to seek help for dealing with the pain. The man is angry at a lot of things, obviously, and that poor lighting tech got in the way.
Most method actors have notorious reputations for being this way. Shaking him out of his super important Terminator character must have been jarring.
We’ll always have Newsies.
I LOVE Newsies. He was so adorable!
Neeewsies<3333
I agree with you on all accounts.
And Newsies is the best.
it is a first for me to be this shocked… Britney’s meltdown, Amy’s drugs & fistfights, Phelps and the pipe etc. – I don’t care nor understand what the fuss is about… BUT THIS!!! This is ABUSE, BULLYING and HARASSMENT. This is the most vile thing I have ever heard in my life.
Ann, do you hold a job in the real world? Do you have to work with other people? Team work has its ups and downs, and there may be arguments but noone has the right to treat any other employee in such an abusive manner.
Also, about the tech guy screwing it up several times, I think you can hear Bale himself say that it is the SECOND time it happened. I do not care if he has to work long hours or about method acting. He is getting paid for his long hours isn’t he??
It makes me angry when people get away with abusive behaviour. If today someone uses a racist/misogynist/homophobic slur they pay for it (celebrities or not) usually, an dthat is good, but same rules should apply to abusive behaviour in general, not only when the abused person is of different race/orientation etc.
I’m just not very impressed by this. Until Bale actually threatens bodily harm — three-fourths of the way in — the audio seriously sounds like my high school theater director shouting at a teenaged cast in 1995. Yeah, I feel bad for the guy being berated, but this diatribe really sounds like any ill-tempered directorial diatribe.
And if the actual movie director were really so nonchalant as to not step in and remind a crew member to not chit-chat on a closed set during filming — during which everyone is supposed to remain stone silent, by the way — it’s pretty understandable that someone would say it, you know, like a director would say it. Shrug.
That is DISGUSTING behaviour!
I’m quite upset by this, I love(D) Christian Bale but…
Jeez lost for words.
Did anyone who got to the end find it slightly amusing when Christian said that they were ‘done with professionally’? Like he’d still like to go out for drinks with him at the end of the day. Incredible.
He seems quite up his own arse.
The guy’s a nut, as evidenced by the audio of his behaviour.
i think it sounds fake.
sometimes he was having a little cough and it sounded like laughin.
There is absolutely no reason to treat people like that. Christian Bale is a spoiled bully. I wished the guy had punched his face in and broken his jaw.
Everyone works hard at their jobs and don’t make million$ to do it. There is no excuse for rudeness. No matter what this guy did, he did apologize and was very humble. Christian just kept on and on with the foul words and acting like a bully.
He needs a dose of reality. Someone should seriously punch his face in and send him to an emergency room afterwards. It’s hard for anyone to understand the viewpoint of a spoiled movie star who treats people like dirt. Shame on Christian Bale. I will never watch one of his movies again. He’s an ass and a bonafide bully.
Because punching people in the face and sending them to the hospital is appropriate behavior…?
Ohhh dearrr….
What the F is wrong with you some people? I don’t care how “long” of day someone’s had it’s no excuse to treat someone so horribly…My dad used to beat the crap out of us and my mom and blame it on us…I’m over Christian. Oh and Anne, since you seem to think this behavior is ok, wonder what kind of relationships you’ve had…btw how old are you bringing up some random fight with Lily Tomlin and David O Russel. You sound like some washed up actor who seems to think they know everything about everything. I’m sorry for being so harsh, but bottom line is this show’s me what little control he has over his own emotions and that is just plain scary. And for people to say that it’s ok to abuse someone like that is just plain heartless.
A family member of mine worked on that movie and he actually blew up a few times at different people. I guess they all just started to brush it off as roid rage from him having to get buffed up for Batman and Terminator, mixed with Ledger’s death.
I blame McG for this. He shouldn’t be allowed to direct an intense movie like Terminator IV. He should stick to directing music videos. Come to think of it, I blame the producers as well. Who in their right mind would hire a music video director to work on a Terminator project?
I don’t condone what Bale did, but the Dir. of Photography is just as much to blame. It’s in the audio that this is the 2nd time. I just read that he has around 20 years in the business and knows not to do this kind of crap. You can hear him say he was checking the lights. Didn’t he do this before they started shooting the scene?
I think this is a case of an actor who needs anger management versus a DP who, for whatever reason, is being passive/aggressive . Once is a mistake. We all make mistakes. Twice, he’s doing it on purpose. The question now is who is why is he doing it.
Oops. Sorry, last sentence should be “The question now is why is he doing it.”
I totally agree. Wouldn’t surprise me if the dp leaked it.
He is completely nuts! He should get his head checked
i kinda think you guys are all a bunch of pussies. “no one has the right to talk to someone like that, etc.” um we all have that right, we just don’t choose to exercise it alot. i myself am more about wondering if he can deliver on his threats or is he in the proverbial poetry of jay-z
“loud as a motor bike but wouldn’t bust a grape in a fruit fight. . .”
i think that going simply on audio is really hard to judge this situation by. we all no that bale is one hell of a committed actor. you can see this with his role in the machinist. no one would shed that many kilos if they werent committed to their role entirely. if u look at it from that perspective, i think you can begin to understand his frustration. his effort that goes into a role is probably something he structures his life on and to have someone screw that up twice in one scene must be frustrating.
though his behavior isnt idea, i no i cant prance around saying i’m above it. i know i’ve let alot of unfocussed and unjustified steam off on the wrong person before. think about the last time you raised your voice to someone who did something completely insensitive to you.
i think people need to get over them selves and just let the man work.
cant wait for the movie to come out :)
and that guy he was yelling at was definitely a puss, i don’t care if it’s christian bale, if someone started yelling at me like that it would end in about 4 seconds with me punching them in the fucking face. even if i got my ass kicked, at least i have some self respect.
oh I would beat him I dont care if he is batman.
he is still sexy though…
when I had temper tantrums as a toddler my mom sprayed cold water in my face. Seems like Mr. Bale deserves the same treatment. Shame on him for being such a wanker!
Haha. I wouldn’t want that job. Sounds like he’d beat the crap out of you with the spray bottle…
I’m with Christian. We don’t know what else this guy has jacked up. He said he’d already done before. I’ve said and done worse, so I can’t really say a lot.
I don’t understand why people are freaking out so much over Bale’s reaction. I have had coaches say a lot worse things and throw chairs at us and the attorney’s I work with say things much worse than that on a regular basis to their paralegals or interns. Hell, even I do. When moron’s interrupt your “art” you need to put them in their place. Being nice is seriously overrated.
I would have argued back. He clearly thinks he’s the best thing in the world.
Two words: Anger. Management.
Jeez.
Class A wanker with a ego problem.
Method acting? Yeah, I don’t think so. This guy’s a rageaholic, plain and simple. He needs to get therapy or quit acting if he can’t deal with the pressures.
this christian bale guy must be having one hell of a life…poor guy, so much pressure!
its okay to have a little breakdown sometimes, sweetheart! Jesus will forgive you. He always does!
and by Jesus I mean Madonna’s boytoy, of course!
I think, considering what I just read, that Christian has held out tremendously well. His acting is enjoyable and I wish he would earn more awards; but I guess Christian wouldn’t want that. Despite his past family life, he hasn’t been in rehab, he hasn’t become a drug addict, he has stayed loyal to Sibi, he didn’t abort his beautiful, little girl. I really think Christian has proven himself a very strong person in every way. I think he deserves more – not bashing him becase he blew up on set. Think bigger and thank Christian for all that he has done. God has really looked after Christian.
So, I think we all should leave Christian Bale alone.
I think, considering what I just read, that Christian has held out tremendously well. His acting is enjoyable and I wish he would earn more awards; but I guess Christian wouldn’t want that. Despite his past family life, he hasn’t been in rehab, he hasn’t become a drug addict, he has stayed loyal to Sibi, he didn’t abort his beautiful, little girl. I really think Christian has proven himself a very strong person in every way. I think he deserves more – not bashing him becase he blew up on set. Think bigger and thank Christian for all that he has done. God has really looked after Christian.
So leave Christian Bale alone! He’s better than Chris Brown.
I TOTALLY agree with Bale who puts his ENTIRE self into a character for his craft and that extends to his audience…not for himself.
When some jerk on a set is anxious for his TEA BREAK and does something stupid, like not pay attention to what is going on, I say BRAVO to Bale for letting him have it. Too many people make too much money in the background jobs and SHOULD bless every cent they get paid for doing sometimes mediocre work. I have personally fired around 40 people who I say in my interviews with candidates, “You do not get TWO CHANCES WITH ME. ONE fuckup and you are OUT. The only consideration I allow is if it were not that person’s doing, but some other bloke who is screwing up and making him look bad. In that case, IF he as been with me for 10 years, he is gone in 10 minutes.
This is a costly business and it is a business. BRAVO BALE.
Okay really? Who cares if he punched someone in the face? So what, he did what most of us would do when we put our heart and soul into our jobs and someone insults us. I totally agree with SENNIT FIELDING on this case. Those people do make alot of money and shouldn’t be doing everything they can instead of slacking.