Batman (Christan Bale) melts down on Terminator 4 set

... and what an absurd accent.

The Daily Mash had something to say about it too...

Meanwhile the recording also revealed that Bale remains a miserable, aggressive prick who is unable to handle the stress of being paid millions of pounds for dressing up and playing pretend.
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Quite.
 
redrumloa said:
Warning!! Explicit language!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ba0-ctqzRsg

What a total prima donna :roll:
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Haven't watched it, but I have to support the idea that it's not in context. Was it 3am after a 17 hour day? Were Bale and that particular guy having a severe personality conflict (which DOES happen)? Was the DoP actually culpably incompetent as some have suggested?

Heck, everyone's blown their top, and I mean everyone from the big pointy-hatted pope on down at some point or another. The difference is that most people don't have cameras pointed at them 24/7 and millions of armchair quarterbacks willing to cast stones without all the facts.

Not saying Bale's not a prick. Never met the guy, wouldn't know, but chances are that both he and the DoP are equally responsible, but for me, this falls into the same magic bit bucket of apathy that apparently ate Britney's panties.

Wayne
 
@Wayne

Remember that this is the same guy who got arrested for assaulting his mother and sister.
 
he didn't "assault" his mother and sister. they just yelled at each other.

and I agree with Wayne, none of us were on set - we didnt see exactly what happened.

as someone who HAS worked on sets I can tell you that from what i heard on that clip, the DP was apparently distracting. possibly not for the 1st time.

now, that goes against "set etiquette". Which is: Everyone on a set stops moving, stops breathing even while the camera rolls or during a rehearsal. It's a matter of respect.

if you recall Bale asks the guy how he would like it if he (Bale) touched his lights (the DP). Another issue of "set etiquette" is that you Never interfere in any way with another crew members job. You don't touch their work, their equipment, go into their space and so on.

Bale sounds like he had asked the guy to not distract him and he just seems to have kept doing it.

this yelling may have happened as a result of Another distracting action by the DP.

also, a DP is not supposed to move around during a scene. that's weird. If you need to tweek a light, you use a stand in.

I'm not making excuses but I think you need to understand the situation is more complex than you may realize
 
Wayne said:
Was it 3am after a 17 hour day? Were Bale and that particular guy having a severe personality conflict (which DOES happen)? Was the DoP actually culpably incompetent as some have suggested?
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Even if you answer 'yes' to all of the above, he still comes across as a total fanny.
 
cecilia said:
he didn't "assault" his mother and sister. they just yelled at each other.
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We don't know that - none of us were there either cecilia.

as someone who HAS worked on sets I can tell you that from what i heard on that clip, the DP was apparently distracting. possibly not for the 1st time.

now, that goes against "set etiquette". Which is: Everyone on a set stops moving, stops breathing even while the camera rolls or during a rehearsal. It's a matter of respect.
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'setiquette' is one thing. A four minutes plus tirade of violence threatening verbal abuse is another.
We all have upsets in our professional lives, I'm sure.
My boss and I have swearing matches every other day.

However, if either he or I acted like that there would probably be:
a) some minor violence and
b) at least one of us sacked.
 
I'll just say that I've seen worse on a set.

and people get fired from a film when they don't do their job (when they don't 'deliver'), not because they get into an argument.

yes, that goes contrary to the rest of the world, but I'm not in charge of that policy.

I know people that were a giant pain in the ass and I would have loved to kill them. I just didn't talk to them. But that's how I deal with assholes.

just something to consider. Bale has been working as an actor since he was around 10. he's now in his mid 30's and this is the 1st time we are hearing of anything. He tries to stay away from publicity and has succeeded very well. If this is the worse moment of his career, he's doing great compared to most people.
 
I don't it's good to be quick to judge. Like Wayne says, we don't know the full story here. Bale may have gone over the line, but maybe also the guy deserved it.
 
Glaucus said:
I don't it's good to be quick to judge. Like Wayne says, we don't know the full story here. Bale may have gone over the line, but maybe also the guy deserved it.
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as far as I'm concerned this is a tempest in a teapot.
 
Glaucus said:
I don't it's good to be quick to judge. Like Wayne says, we don't know the full story here. Bale may have gone over the line, but maybe also the guy deserved it.
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Deserved? Well, perhaps but threatening someone at work with violence is something I'm struggling to find an excuse for. Walking onto set, mid-scene (even repeatedly) doesn't quite cut it, I'm afraid.
If the guy was that useless, he shouldn't have been working there but that doesn't excuse Bale's pish.
In fact, the only excuse for it would be if the DP had previously threatened Bale with a kicking - maybe he did, in which case I take it all back. ;-)

How about this: next time someone severely annoys you in a professional capacity, scream invective at them for the best part of five minutes then round it off with a threat to 'kick their f*cking arse'. See how they respond. I seriously doubt they'll suddenly show more respect and professionalism.

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Hey, maybe it's a cultural thing and that kind of behaviour is an acceptable way of dealing with stress in Hollywood. All I know is that if you speak to someone (no matter how incompetent) like that in this city, *you* are the one liable to get your arse kicked.
 
Well who knows. Maybe that guy slept with Bale's wife or something. Maybe he just cost the production millions of dollars. Maybe the guy suckered Bale into this tirade so he can secretly record it and use it for his own personal gain. Maybe this is a staged publicity stunt to gain interest. Who knows. Who cares.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
Just listened to it. I'm with Bale on this one.
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You kidding? It may be common in Hollywood, but that doesn't make it right.

Honestly, I think this illustrates how separated from reality pop culture figures like famous actors are. In the real work, you would be fired, ass kicked or if you were in Florida, possibly killed.

The company recorded the tirade and handed it over to the insurance company, because they were afraid Bale was going to walk.
 
redrumloa said:
FluffyMcDeath said:
Just listened to it. I'm with Bale on this one.
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You kidding? It may be common in Hollywood, but that doesn't make it right.
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No, I am not kidding. This guy was obviously oblivious. What should have happened is that his boss should have stepped in and stopped him from being moron the first and second time he did it. That didn't happen, so a tirade is likely in order - though it shouldn't have come to that.

Once quiet is called and the camera is rolling everyone is supposed to be unobtrusive and out of the way. At that point the actors are working. It's not easy just because it looks that way - and these guys are making the big bucks because they're a big part of what's selling the movie. It's common sense that you don't mess about until the scene is done or goes wrong. You don't do it even once, but if you do it again and again - and remember, the actor has everyone watching him, and there's thousands of dollars of people standing around every hour that need to move on to the next scene ...

Just no. If it was a light move that had been blocked out - was part of a camera move or something so everyone knows what's going to happen next and it can be anticipated and ignored, that's one thing, but someone just poncing into the actors line of sight and being a distraction? Whose cousin or son was he to still be working on the next take.

You set up your lights. You get them the way you want, you have your stand-ins for that and THEN, when you film the scene, you leave them the heck alone.

Was he right to harangue the guy? Well, since no-one else did it - I'd say - yeah, the guy needed it. However, there's a bunch of guys that should have done it on Bale's behalf before it went that far.
 
Damn that Christian Bale. Next time we have lunch I'm giving him a swift kick in the pants. Damn no gooder.
 
Once quiet is called and the camera is rolling everyone is supposed to be unobtrusive and out of the way. At that point the actors are working. It's not easy just because it looks that way -
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Bingo!!!!
 
Oh well, looks like the man himself thinks he was out of order:
Film star Christian Bale has called a US radio station to apologise for a tirade which was leaked onto the internet, calling it "inexcusable".
The actor spoke to Los Angeles-based station KROQ, and admitted that "I acted like a punk".
He added: "I was out of order beyond belief. I make no excuses for it."
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I'm with Bale on this one. Fair play to him.
 
Robert said:
Oh well, looks like the man himself thinks he was out of order:
Film star Christian Bale has called a US radio station to apologise for a tirade which was leaked onto the internet, calling it "inexcusable".
The actor spoke to Los Angeles-based station KROQ, and admitted that "I acted like a punk".
He added: "I was out of order beyond belief. I make no excuses for it."
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I'm with Bale on this one. Fair play to him.
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he's a gentleman so, of course he feels badly about it

I just understand the stress of being on set.
 
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