Christian Bale is a jagg-off

[Blue_Tires]

of course most of us knew that already...

Movie sets can be seriously tense places, no more so than those of mega-budget, action-franchise flicks like this May's Terminator: Salvation. Filled with unimaginable pressures, they're pretty much a breeding ground for the occasional heated outburst. But it's pretty darn rare that we get a sense of just how tense they can be. TMZ.com just posted (some very NSFW) audio of Christian "the third John Connor" Bale ripping into T4 director of photography Shane Hurlbut on the set in a three-minute-and-45-second profanity-filled rant, after Hurlbut apparently distracted Bale during a take.

Alternatively hilarious, frightening, and shocking, I can't decide what's the most memorable part: That by my count Bale drops 35 F-bombs, or roughly one every six seconds; that director McG pipes up only after Bale calls him out by name, and then just seems to shrug, "I didn't see it happen"; that things seem to (relatively) calm down after the two-minute mark, only to flare up again with Bale bellowing "I'm going to f---ing kick your f---ing a-- if you don't shut up for a second, okay?!"; that Bale can make screaming "You're a nice guy! You're a nice guy!" into some kind of veiled threat; or that Bale drops in and out of his American accent (or in and out of his British accent) throughout the whole ordeal...

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/02/bale-t4-rant.html


link to audio (NSFW): http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_audio/020209_christianbale.mp3

[Richardo]

1. I think TMZ are the jaggoffs

I'm sure crap like this happens every 10 minutes. They're all big boys and girls - so some actor/director/crew member throws a tantrum, who cares?

[supernova]

2. I certainly do care

I spent nine years living with someone who acted like that on a regular basis.

Nine years. Think about that for a minute.

My quota of patience for that shitty behavior is now next to nil.

I don't want to be in the same room with that behavior anymore. It's inexcusable. Yes the DP was a being a moron for walking into a shot. But the fact remains there was a better way to handle that.

[Blue_Tires]

3. i'm in agreement on that as well

folks like tmz make me glad i'm not famous

[Left Is Write]

4. That wasn't just a "tantrum." That was abusive.

[supernova]

6. Amazing how people don't recognize it

:-(

He's acting like this because he's been allowed to get away with it all his life. There was no one around him telling him and showing him how to get control of himself.

Has nothing to do with his job.

[redqueen]

15. Not me. I've dealt with REAL abuse.

Someone losing their temper? That ain't shit.

I guess maybe I need anger management too...

Oh and I completely agree with you about TMZ. It's a shame crap like that makes money.

[Radical Activist]

46. absofuckinglutely.

Regardless of what Bale did, the people who do that show are bottom feeding scum.

[guitar man]

5. inexcusable

If the people being abused would just haul off and knock the piss out of one of these assholes ever so often, I bet there would be a change in the air pretty quick. ;)

[knixphan]

56. True dat!

[ogneopasno]

7. That was terribly abusive and the director needs to step in and do something about it.

That's outrageous. What a prick.

[Aristus]

8. Pretty different from the shy British kid I used to see on the talk shows

promoting "Empire Of The Sun".

Guess it's gone to his head... :eyes:

[LostinVA]

9. Bale is supposed to be quite the gentleman IRL

Whereas, TMZ often sucks.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. Well clearly not in this case. nt

[LostinVA]

23. I don't know the history or context of the outburst, so I'll give him a pass on this

As I said, he's supposed to be a professional on the set and a gentleman IRL.

[Flaxbee]

33. right, like the time he was arrested for assaulting his

mother and sister in June 2008. His sister asked for $200K, and maybe that could send someone a bit over the edge, esp. if your family treats you like an ATM, but still. Seems he has a temper.

When it happened, I thought it was just overexaggerated nonsense to hype the sales of tabloids. But now, with other stuff coming out, it seems like he is not a gentleman, or perhaps only to his adoring public who make his huge paydays possible.

One event? Whatever.

Two? Maybe the guy is a total asshole.


:shrug:

[Alexander]

37. He was accused of a "verbal assault" and the charges were dropped.

I have no opinion on Bale's personality.

I think he's a good actor but I understand a lot of famous people are bastards in real life.

But the arrest you're referring to was for "verbal assault", not physical assault.

"On 22 July 2008, Bale attended a London police station by appointment and was arrested in connection with an alleged verbal assault on his mother, Jenny, and sister, Sharon, who called the authorities.<46><47> After being held for more than four hours,<48> he was released on bail, pending further investigation.<46> He has denied these allegations.<48> On 14 August, British police declared that they would take no further action against him."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_bale

[Flaxbee]

41. but the point is, whether you hit someone or not, you can

still be an abusive jerk. CB is a case in point.

[Alexander]

43. You don't know if he was being "an abusive jerk" or not.

If it was physical assault, I'd agree with you.

But given the police dropped the charges and Bale turned himself in "by appointment", I don't think even the cops took it that seriously.

We don't know the details, but I'd think the cops would've taken it very seriously if they felt like he really assaulted somebody.

It's possible he acted out of line with his family. It's also possible his sister was trying to shake him down several times, he snapped at her, and she called the cops in an extortion attempt.

We just don't know the full story, and I'll withhold judgment on the "abusive jerk" label until I see more evidence.

[LostinVA]

55. That was proven false

[bluedeminredstate]

10. I couldn't help myself...

I listened to it. What a creep! He obviously has some anger management issues and I sure wouldn't want to be married to someone like that. My Mom put up with that kind of shit for years and it is soul crushing.
Everyone has their moments but that tirade was abusive to say the least and I hope he has to publically apologize to the guy.

[DarkTirade]

34. Wait, what did I do?

[EastTennesseeDem]

11. I wish he'd done it in his Batman voice

Now that would have become a phenom.

[nytemare]

32. Wheerrrrrrrre arreeeeeeeee theyyyyyyyyyyyyy????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2yv8aT0UFc

[Phoonzang]

12. Wow.....Bale is a dick. nt

[Shell Beau]

13. I think he must have had some stuff going on in his life at that time.

That was also when his mom accused him of assault but never filed charges. No one knows what was going on with him at that time. Not to say what he did was ok, but seems like he was in some sort of a funk.

[Forkboy]

14. I've heard worse rants from college film course students.

It doesn't excuse it and it doesn't endear him to me, but I bet there's hardly a movie made where there isn't at least one blow up like this by an actor or director or crew member.

[last_texas_dem]

49. What disturbed me about it was how long it lasted.

I understand that some otherwise generally nice people lose their cool and manage some pretty explicit blow-ups at others, but the fact that his lasted around four minutes and that he seemed to be just as angry two minutes into it as he was at the beginning kinda creeped me out...

[Chan790]

54. Oh boy...

anybody who thinks this is bad should come to work one day with me when I'm PAing.

"Some of the nicest people in film" (the people that EW and studio flacks spend millions to make you think are as nice and normal as you and I.) have thrown things at me, sworn at me, gone off on five minute tirades about the type of lettuce Subway put on their seafood salad. (Because, as you know, Subway has more than one lettuce and ask you whether you want Bibb, Romaine or Iceberg. :eyes:), because Starbucks is brewing the blend they don't like (Hey man...I don't work there anymore.) or because they don't get a trailer for a-one-day-of-shooting cameo. Directors aren't much better...because clearly having directed Bikini Massacre pt. 9 makes one an artist. How dare I be out of breath after sprinting a 1/4 mile uphill to the catering tent to get them a grape Snapple, I have to do it again because he now wants to know if it comes in diet.

Film actors are the great mollycoddled temper-tantrum adult-child elite of our day. If nothing was thrown in anger or intentionally broken, it's par for the course for these babies. If I didn't have to work with them, I'd line them up against a brick wall and begin handing out cigarettes and blindfolds.

The only ones who are half-decent are the ones who worked their way up and put in years of sweat and effort before breaking-out...they know what it's like to toil and get shit on by the babies in this industry.

[Shardik]

16. Here's a link to the IMDb board on Shane Hurlburt...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403397/board

Seems as others who have worked with him don't care for him that much (if they can be believed). He seems pretty young for a DP on a Cameron film.

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. OMG! No!!! What? A famous person? Having emotions? HOW AWFUL!!!!!!

Thank you, TMZ, for so dedicatedly informing we, the ignorant jackoff masses, what we should be concerned about.

:eyes:

Fucking hell.

So he blew his anger for a few minutes?

If he was doing this every day, there might be a problem.

But once? Who fucking cares.

Oh, yeah, that's right - the 90% of Americans who are so fucking undifferentiated and living empty pathetic meaningless lives, that they can't distinguish themselves from other people.

[RetroLounge]

30. ...

:applause:

RL

[AmyDeLune]

47. ...

:applause: :toast:

[PVnRT]

51. Fuck yeah +2

[Runcible Spoon]

18. You'll get a kick out of this...his tirade remixed to a phat beat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTihsJQHt48

[Deja Q]

27. And here's the cover band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2YDq6FkVE

:rofl:

[fishwax]

38. that's funny stuff

:rofl:

[Frank Cannon]

48. Thanx for that. That is tearjerkingly funny, and surprisingly catchy.

I'm going to go to work with "What don't you fuckin' understand?" running through my head.

[cemaphonic]

19. Wouldn't you be on edge and cranky too if you were slumming with McG

after working with people like Spielberg and Nolan?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

21. Upon further review, the ruling on the field stands.

Christian Bale is a jagg-off.

From what I heard on the radio, the video was actually taken by an insurance company to cover the filmmaker in case Bale, well, bails on the film. So the guy has to have some problems. I just don't buy the whole "Everybody gets angry sometimes" excuse here.

[jobycom]

22. Lightweight. nt

[Monk06]

24. Well he does have anger management issues ........

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=TjBOTT0tr84&feature=related

[cynatnite]

25. Bale would considered a workplace bully...

I really hate it when actors whose talent I admire turns out to be complete assholes in real life. Makes them hard to watch.

[Deja Q]

26. That's hot.

:hide:

[Amaya]

28. that's nothing

:)

[Darth_Kitten]

29. Most actors would love to be in the position of having some crew member ruin their take.....

most actors aren't being paid 6 or 7 or 8 figures and get flown about the world.

[Drunken Girlfriend]

31. Christian Bale

Christian Bale is one ungrateful fuck,considering the luck
he's had with rebuilding his career in the last few yrs.

What an asshole,not so sure I want to see a movie of his again.

I've heard he's had anger issues for yrs,even assualting his own
mother,and girlfriend....

He's going to need a good lawyer.

[Writer]

35. Character assassination: Hit - SCORE!

Several actors, including Whoopie Goldberg, have spoken up in his defense today, saying that he's actually a very good person and that this tirade stems from being twice interrupted on the set by a crewman walking in front of his shot. (for more explanation, refer to the link) I'm going to guess it's the boom guy, given the fact that we're hearing the SOUND TRACK from the set.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29001920/

Ask yourself: How did this tape get to the press? And why?

[Orrex]

39. I heard that Kim Basinger leaked it to the press

:hide:

[Writer]

40. LOL!

:P

[Orrex]

36. He's the fourth John Connor

[Fire Walk With Me]

42. The vast majority of us have breaking points under pressure.

Finding someone in that context should not reduce your perception of everything else about them, but most people allow that to occur.

Now, if he were ALWAYS like that..

:shrug:

I love Klaus Kinski's work despite his well-documented tantrums.

[MajorChode]

50. That may be true, but...

directing that frustration against someone who can't stand up for themselves for fear of losing their career speaks volumes about character.

[Fire Walk With Me]

60. In that case, let's all judge each others' character as the next few years progress.

[MajorChode]

61. Since when has anyone refrained from doing so?

Even when such judgments were completely unreasonable.

[Twillig]

44. He's a cunt. A prick. Any gender specific or non-specific (Asshole) expletive

you can lay on him.

Anybody who says different after hearing the audio:

From Cracked.com

#6.
The Great Defender



Who Are They?

The Great Defender sees himself or herself as a moral crusader, like a cross between Batman and Jesus. In reality they are more like a cross between Jeremy Piven and that annoying girl who always feels the need to inject herself into every conversation, at least long enough to let you know she holds the moral high ground.

[PVnRT]

52. Thanks. I didn't realize you were the arbiter of all truth.

:eyes:

[Lucian]

45. Who the fuck cares.

[Scout]

53. he's been "high strung" since he was a child actor....

i give him a pass.

[knixphan]

57. I think tape went out due to insurance concerns

[Writer]

58. This thread needs some more OliveGardenBreastfeeding Cowbell.

I say we go full ranty on this one.

:rant:

[IADEMO2004]

59. My wife had a boss that was famous for his rants.

His wife killed herself last week.