Christian Bale Dances With The Being An Asshole In The Pale Set Of Terminator Salvation • TMZ has audio of an outrageous fit that Christian Bale threw on the set of Terminator Salvation. It kind of makes that whole shoving his mom thing a lot less funny.
Posted at 4:16 PM in Behind The Scenes
Tags: Assholes | Christian Bale | Terminator: Salvation
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WOW, I could have used a NFSW warning on that. Note to self: Keep computer volume LOWER.
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Yikes. Is there any way to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one? Because I (used to) like Christian Bale.
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No.
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It really sounds like that guy was egging him on after the first minute or so. It isn't so much asshole as it is him being wild at bitching some guy out for not doing his job right.
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DP's check lights while scenes are going on - it happens. Not everything can be perfectly in order before the talent is called from the trailer. Amazingly it doesn't usually send actor's into rants where they threaten to quit the film. Most bring up their issues with the DP or director in a semi-rational voice.
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On the brighter side, at least he's not using the stupid Batman voice.
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At least he's not a method actor.
"Mom, I need to get into the role of Batman more. I've hired some men to come to your house and kill you and Dad."
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except he actually is a method actor.
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You don't think exchanges like this happen on sets of kabillion dollar movies all the time?
Having someone walk through a shot in progress probably cost them the GDP of most 3rd world countries.
Dude was asking for it.
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1) was he yelling at his own alter ego not to calm him down? 2) the best part is the left-field 'you're a nice guy.' that must throw opponents off a bit.
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Guess who's getting a Christmas card from Alec Baldwin this year.
Why did I kinda find this sexy? Part of me thinks he was being an insufferable snotty prick. The other part of me just wants to sleep with him.
"Do I [go to your work and] take down all of your lights?" hahaha
Score = 11
Wow, I feel like I've just been ear-raped. What a prick!
I do like the, "McG, you got fucking something to say to this prick?"
"I didn't see it happen."
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Clearly it's the DP's fault for fucking with Christian Bale's art. It's totally going to be this guy's fault when Bale doesn't win an Oscar for the 4th Terminator movie. It's like people don't appreciate the prestige of making a movie with McG anymore.
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Get real Tom. Like Terminator will even be nominated alone is longshot. Bale is a big baby. When you have a problem with someone, you should never fly into a rage or screaming fit. This audio clip lends proof to the possibility that Bale attacked his mother and sister. It shows his inability to control his temper. C'mon little Christian. Use your big bou words next time. You can do it, yes you can.
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if i was that dude. i'd sue the fucking studio. that or beat fuck out of patrick bateman.
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At least he maintains the American accent for most of the time.
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hahahahaha!
i really thought - is he british?
also the only thing the light guy shoulda said was have fun at dinner chris
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I got hot when the Welsh started coming out.
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WOW!! Remember when he was just a cute rosy cheeked Newsie.
LOL- My fave Christian Bale taunts:
"Why the fuck are you walking around all,Ahh, Da-duh, da- duh, in the background?"
"No, NOOOO! Don't Shut me up!"
"I was looking at the light"...."Oh, GOOD for you. And how was it?"
"fair enough"
"I'm trying to do a scene and I'm going, "why the fuck is Shane walking in there?What is he doing""
"I don't need no fucking walking! HE needs to STOP walking!"
"do you want me to go trash your lights? THEN WHY ARE YOU TRASHING MY SCENE?"
"you're a nice guy"
So, basically, the whole thing is funny. The image of the Director of Photography constantly walking aimlessly through a scene is pretty funny.
You know, acting is very draining. Srsly- it's soooooo hard to be an actor (no it's not.) So I can see where someone would have a valid gripe if they had to do something over and over again-because someone else kept f'ing it up.
Not to say that Christian Bale isn't way out of line for ranting for 4 min and threatening to kick his ass- especially after the dude apologized. Yet, honestly, it seems as if this was a recurring problem. We don't know if the man hadn't already been talked to about it in private (could have happened).
Also, I get the nice guy comment. It is perfectly possible for someone to be the nicest person in the world and still be aggravatingly incompetent.
Also, Angelaaa-Christian Bale would have to kill a baby otter for me not to want to have sex with him. So I don't think you're weird.
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Christian Bale could step on my throat and I'd still want to make sex with him.
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He could trash every light in my apartment - seriously- every single bulb. In which case if he stepped on my throat- I'm sure it'd be an accident (a forgiveable one) because it's soo dark. Plus, it goes without saying, that I shouldn't have wandered into the background during one of his scenes.
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the '"Why the fuck are you walking around all,Ahh, Da-duh, da- duh, in the background?" really makes me lament the fact that there isn't a video. i'd love to see batman pretending to be walking through the set, preferably with ridiculous hand gestures.
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Here, here! Video would be awesome! I think a montage of the wandering would be THE BEST choice. Batman, always, with the wild gesticulations!
Dear Internets,
If you would be so kind as to provide this for me, I would be all too happy to watch it.
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Run this through Songsmith, stat!
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I second that, El Payo.
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And I mean, I don't really blame him.
Regardless of how "draining" his job is or not, who hasn't wanted to flip the fuck out on some idiot who makes your work day more difficult?
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yelling always makes things better.
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He is a douche bag. He sucks as batman/actor and If you support your a douche bag. I am not surprised at next thing you know he will be a sciencetologist.
Some one should egg him!!!
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STEROIDS.
just sayin
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Its quite strange, Christian Bale has no distinguishable accent anymore. Its become this american-british melge and it sounds really ridiculous.
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Filthy, moronic, steroid-swallowing scumbag. I'd love to hope this will kill his career, such as it is (the Batman movie is Heath Ledger's, not his... any random doofus can put on rubber and speak in a hoarse horse's voice...), but, unfortunately, it will only boost it. The bastard probably leaked the recording himself. As it goes in Lalaland, "Ain't no bad publicity, just PUBLICITY!", after all...
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Filthy, moronic, steroid-swallowing scumbag. I'd love to hope this will kill his career, such as it is (the Batman movie is Heath Ledger's, not his... any random doofus can put on rubber and speak in a hoarse horse's voice...), but, unfortunately, it will only boost it. The bastard probably leaked the recording himself. As it goes in Lalaland, "Ain't no bad publicity, just PUBLICITY!", after all...
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I want to hear what he said to the sound guy who leaked this to TMZ.
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I'd like to see that DP try getting a reservation at Dorsia now, you stupid fucking bastard!
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Everyone seems to be ignoring the real asshole of this deal: TMZ.
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Yes folks, he is an asshole. He was like this just after the first Batman. Other actors think he’s an asshole but keep it to themselves since he’s got clout now. The DP was working the shot and it didn’t work, he even apologized and said he was going to make an adjustment… which always happens, you keep tweaking the camera, lighting, dolly movement until you get a great shot… usually by take 6 or 7 it’s squared away, shit happens on sets all the time, the one who’s not professional is Bale. He’s the one that sounds like an amateur with no experience throwing a hissy (yeah, I’m sure the DP was really scared from this little girl throwing a tantrum). Hopefully someone who has Michael Caine’s email will send the audio to him so Caine will think twice being associated with such an immature hack. Bale has worked with legends and great people yet he has learned nothing and acts like a child. Typical Hollywood asshole who yells at employees in a way that he never would on the street with “civilians” because he knows he would get his pip squeak ass kicked. What’s worse, the guy’s a hack and unlikeable onscreen - audiences are lukewarm on him and are forced to accept him since his agent and Hollywood hype propel him. Ask anyone outside of LA who has a normal job if they know who Christian Bale is or the films he has been in. His accent sucks too…you can always catch a twinge of Brit and when he does do Brit he goes from Cockney to South London to half Welsh. He also does that brooding shit in almost every role. And he’s not that great looking, his nose reminds me of Peter Sellers’ melting nose from Pink Panther Strikes Again. Bale, get over it, dude, it was one take in one scene of a Terminator sequel directed by McG.
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This really makes me love Bale more than ever. I love that he's got all that rage in him. Fuck the sound guy. Fuck all you polite douchebags who leapt to judgment based on three and a half minutes of audio. Like anyone online knows what happened AT ALL. Actors spend all day waiting around for the scene to get right, sitting in makeup having weird shit put all over their faces and bodies. It took Brad Pitt 5-7 hours to get his makeup for Benjamin Button applied, for example. I totally appreciate his being mad at someone for dicking around during the 30 seconds that they might have been filming that day.
Also, I feel like he totally loses his real passion around the 90 second mark, at which point he's just gotta finish the rant or risk losing face. He realizes he's IN the bear pit. I admire this genuine display of anger way more than the passive aggressive namby-pamby nonsense that seems to be preferred by the youngish brainy class.
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Well, first of all Bale was acting like a douchebag, but obviously not as big a bag as AlfredAwesome!
You can claim that you are professional, but you really aren't when your not acting like a professional. You can claim that you'll do what you want and not do it for the concern of the public and thats fine, but you can and hopefully will be dropped by them pretty much ruining in chance of a career.
It is particularly sad for me, because I have tried to let everyone in my world know what a talent Bale is and I was glad to see him rising, finally. But, there is a responsibility that comes with fame and I believe that he has proven he is not deserving of that trust.
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I think you are really overreacting to a common human response. When you deal with intense personalities, you get intense reactions. The reason Bale is a good actor is that he's extremely intense about his craft. You could say the same thing about the best doctors, lawyers, painters, firefighters... any field. The people who rise to the top are often, if not always, the people who commit the most of themselves and people like that, in my experience, tend to take their work very personally. From that they tend to lose their shit when other people screw up their work. I want to stress that you have no idea as to the context of the shouting, and you can't even really hear what the second guy is saying in reply. You must reserve judgment rather than reduce Christian Bale, who has impressed you for over 20 years, to someone who doesn't deserve "that trust" you mentioned.
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I honestly can't blame him for blowing up, he's just trying to get the ****ing scene done right
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Where's Werner Herzog with his gun when you need him?
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Did Bale ever go Kinski while shooting Rescue Dawn?
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One thing I've noticed more and more is that Americans are really uncomfortable with anger. Americans aren't supposed to get angry, they get sarcastic, snide, patronizing, condescending, self-righteous... but not angry. If you want to find Bale's side of things, it's not hard. Despite him yelling "fuck" a lot, he mentions 1) the DP has been wandering behind the scene frequently, 2) he's been asked not to do it more than once, 3) it's not a personal attack, but Bale considers the behaviour unprofessional.
I'm guessing if Bale made a bunch of icy, sarcastic and demeaning comments about the guy's appearance, people would clap with joy and praise him for his "wit". But he lost his cool, so he's a jerk.
And to the person who commented on how he's arguing with himself, it's because nobody else is mic'ed up. But I'm guessing you also believe that people are surprised to get phone calls from reality shows, even though there's a cameraman and a sound guy in their kitchen when the phone rings.
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I couldn't agree with you more, HT. The passive aggressive movement is becoming more irritating every day.
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Jingo maybe before you pass judgement on acting ability you might want to watch more than one of his movies, although they may be beyond your capacity to understand. You may want to check out C. Bale in: "The Machanic", "American Psycho", "Rescue Dawn", "The Prestige", etc.
If you still think he's a "Filthy, moronic, steroid-swallowing scumbag", then you may want to stick with purely intellectual fare like "Rambo" and "Conan". His personality is up for debate not his acting ability.
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WOW,
Christian Bale is a real A$$HOLE.
So self-important... He is going to threaten physical violence for something so trivial!
He needs to be put in jail with a bunch of 400 pound convicts. Let him rant at them. His ass would be as big as the New York Tunnel.
What a prick.
Wake up shit head, it is only a movie!!!! You are not that hot or important!! and neither is the making of terminator what ever the 4th movie!!
Amazing he can fit that juge ego into the room. What a DICK. He just keeps going on and on and on. Too bad some union boys didn't go and knock out all his teeth. Afterall, Mr. big shot was going to beat up a defenseless old man who is just doing a job as a lighting tech. He needs to learn that if you threaten someone, it is against the law. It is the same as taking a swing at someone.
He will do it one too many times, or to the wrong person, and they will bash his face in with a bat, or put a bullet in his big mouth.
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YOU KNOW WHAT? 5 YEARS FROM NOW, NOBODY IS EVEN GOING TO REMEMBER WHO CHRISTIAN BALE WAS! HE MAY BE A GOOD ACTOR (DEBATABLE AT TIMES) BUT HE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CLASS WHAT-SO-EVER. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S BEEN RUDE AND FOUL-MOUTHED TO OTHERS AROUND HIM, SO WHEN HE'S GONE, GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH! GROW UP, BALE, YOU'RE REPLACEABLE!!
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