Movie Christian Bale goes BATshit insane on the set of Terminator Salvation

Uzor said:
About the "cool guy" shit. My sister told me today he's been accused of hitting his mother and sister, and that the sister called the police on him for that. So even though he might be a cool guy, he seem to have aggressive tendencies :p
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He was arrested in London the day after the premier of The Dark Knight, on assault charges for attacking his mother and sister. He was later cleared. I don't remember the exact details, but his sister thought she deserved something that he wouldn't give her, so she tried to cause shit for him. I'll see if i can find a link to the info. I don't know why you'd bring up only half of an old story though.

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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.[47][48] After being held for more than four hours,[49] he was released on bail, pending further investigation.[47] He has denied these allegations.[49] On 14 August, British police declared that they would take no further action against him.[50] The charges were dismissed for lack of evidence.[51]

In July 2008, it was reported that Bale had an angry tirade on the set of Terminator: Salvation, while filming in New Mexico.[52] In February 2009, audio of the incident was released.[53][54] The tirade was directed at Shane Hurlbut, director of photography for Terminator: Salvation, and was triggered by Hurlbut stepping onto the set across Bale's line of sight, during filming.[55][56][52] The recording is of a highly agitated Bale directing profanities at Hurlbut, threatening him, and finally threatening to quit the film if Hurlbut repeated his offense without being fired for it.[55] It was reported that Warner film executives sent the tape to the insurer of the film in case Bale decided to quit the movie.[57] In an interview with E! Online, assistant director and producer of Terminator: Salvation Bruce Franklin said it was an isolated incident. "If you are working in a very intense scene and someone takes you out of your groove...It was the most emotional scene in the movie," said Franklin. "And for him to get stopped in the middle of it. He is very intensely involved in his character. He didn't walk around like that all day long. It was just a moment and it passed."[58] Actors Whoopi Goldberg,Terry Crews and Darren Aronofsky have also publicly defended Bale's actions.
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alleged verbal assault
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Oh noes!! He's hurtin' me with words!

Sounds like his sister is just a cow. Lots of actors go through bouts of stress, they have to portray so many different emotions at any given time depending on the movie. At least he didn't pull a Crowe and toss a phone at a concierge.
 
That was awesome, lol XD
 
Jeska said:
You get a prize if you guess correctly how many times the F word was used in that recording. He makes Joe Pesci seem like an angel. :)
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I got distracted halfway, but I believe 38.

Wheres my prize?!
 
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Mirewen said:
I don't blame him personally. A scene can make or break whether or not an actor gets an Oscar, the dude fucked up his sight line. When an actor is trying to live in a scene and portray it realistically, something like that can blow their concentration. Not only that, but we don't know what else was going on. The dude may have been a complete fuck up and this was the last straw.



And actual proof, not salon gossip would be nice.
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Like I said, my sister told me. I don't care what celebrities do. I just find this video amusing. Unlike my sister, I don't waste my life away keeping track of who's dating who and who fucked who and what celebrity doesn't have a perfect 6-pack (which is totally unlike the majority of the population!! OMG! WHAT AN OUTRAGE!).

Bladewind said:
He was arrested in London the day after the premier of The Dark Knight, on assault charges for attacking his mother and sister. He was later cleared. I don't remember the exact details, but his sister thought she deserved something that he wouldn't give her, so she tried to cause shit for him. I'll see if i can find a link to the info. I don't know why you'd bring up only half of an old story though.
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Read the above reason. The part about my sister specifically.
 
The thing that scares me about this guy is...

Its obvious he has anger issues, ya know?

Most ppl with those types of problems tend to REALLY
cool down when they feel the person is sorry etc.

It sorta hits u when the person becomes kinda sad etc
and it kinda makes u feel bad u ever blew up on them.


I heard "im sorry" what.. 10 times?

And yet he went on and on and on and on and
it even got worse. He was about to punch the guy.


I hear "well the dp distracted him and he prolly working
for 18hrs so he was in bad mode" etc etc..

W-T-F?

Bitch, please.

IF I was getting paid 20MILLion dollars to act etc
I would not be acting like that.

Plus, think what about an actor/actress of his caliber
really does. Sure hes a serious actor but.. hes hot, lol.

He gets paid to look good and act.

"OMG THIS MTHER FCKER KNOCKED ME OUT
OF FOCUS!!!!!"

..

Get over it.

You are rich, famous and hot. Cry me a fucking river.
Oh what? His life is so hards y'all! Poor guy><
Hes being distracted from his acting...

The only thing I like hearing celebrities talk
about is HOW BLESSED THEY ARE.

Its a slap in the face during this economy when
these rich, hot, bratty douchebag actors/singers etc

Throw these tantrums.


You have any idea what I would do for 20M?

Well I promise you, I'd do it professionally.

Plus, you know the movies gonna suck.
Idk about u guys but I didnt watch Batman
cause it was so good. I just wanted to see
Christian take his shirt off.
 
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Amerie said:
The thing that scares me about this guy is...

Its obvious he has anger issues, ya know?
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That's a huuuuuuge assumption on your part. We really don't know, we're just given his 2 min. tirade and a brief comment that he went off on some idiot who ruined the set. This happened in the middle of a shoot mind you, so we don't know if he was actually acting the whole time and staying in character (albeit a very angry character), or if he was just super pissed because he couldn't work.
 
Yes Amerie I don't know that you really understand what demands an actors job can really put on them.

For them to prepare and fulfill a role of compelling passion and emotion takes something out of a person. For all we know he could very well take a awhile to cool off from a heated scene, and that's when he's acting. Like Shady said he could have BEEN acting, maintaining his character. He could have been snapped so suddenly from his position it put him over. You don't know, don't even pretend to know. I don't know, the only person he REALLY knows is him.



He acted poorly, in poor judgment, but don't act like you never have, everyone has, it's what makes us human... the mistakes we make.

With a cool head he probably looked back on the situation with some shame.. maybe.. maybe it got him mad all over again. Who knows.

I've personally seen men hit another man for calling their GF a bitch, which imo is more ridiculous. Point is I've seen full blow fights break out for much less reason.
 
He apologised to the person who he yelled at, the man accepted his apology, he worked with him for another month after the incident. That's all anyone needs to know.

And as was previously stated, good actors/actresses put themselves into their role... hell actors have even been known to do crack while preparing for a role as a crackhead (yes, very stupid but still...). They are the person they are portraying.
 
Well, its good he apologized.

I still think its totally unacceptable how
he acted. Actor or not. Serious or playful role.
You cant talk to ppl like that.


You know how many times I've been flamed
for this type of behavior?

"Ames been at camps all day she its ok for her
to be a little bitchy." Lawl.

Im not trying to be rude but its down right
silly and even a little offense to suggest
he had any right to act the way he did.

"Hes an actor.." lol...

Remember the flamethread about the guy
who acted like a total douche? He claimed..
"Im an artist" did anyone the boards
say "well hes an artist.. so its expected".


Hell to the No. Thats not an excuse lol.
If your stating it as a means of trying to
help ppl UNDERSTAND YOU, thats totally
different than using it as an excuse for
your actions.

Not trying to sound bitchy, Thats just me opinion.

I've gone off on ppl in game and Im a hard worker
in endgame and HNM becomes stressful sometimes.

I hope my opinion doesn't come off too strong
I do respect where your coming from. :)
 
Amerie said:
"Hes an actor.." lol...

Remember the flamethread about the guy
who acted like a total douche? He claimed..
"Im an artist" did anyone the boards
say "well hes an artist.. so its expected".


Hell to the No. Thats not an excuse lol.
If your stating it as a means of trying to
help ppl UNDERSTAND YOU, thats totally
different than using it as an excuse for
your actions.
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Someone randomly saying "Oh I'm an artist" on a forum, compared to a multi-million dollar actor, on a set can't really be compared.

And random side note... Why the choppy lines of text, are you typing in song verses? Just curious.
 
Mirewen said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7875756.stm

It was resolved a long time ago, the fact that it has been brought up at all is just the media obviously having nothing better to gossip about.
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Ofcourse. I do not see how that is any different from the video in the first post though. Besides, it is obvious it wasn't known to everyone (including me), as some people demanded proof.
 
Amerie said:
Well, its good he apologized.

I still think its totally unacceptable how
he acted. Actor or not. Serious or playful role.
You cant talk to ppl like that.


You know how many times I've been flamed
for this type of behavior?

"Ames been at camps all day she its ok for her
to be a little bitchy." Lawl.

Im not trying to be rude but its down right
silly and even a little offense to suggest
he had any right to act the way he did.

"Hes an actor.." lol...

Remember the flamethread about the guy
who acted like a total douche? He claimed..
"Im an artist" did anyone the boards
say "well hes an artist.. so its expected".


Hell to the No. Thats not an excuse lol.
If your stating it as a means of trying to
help ppl UNDERSTAND YOU, thats totally
different than using it as an excuse for
your actions.

Not trying to sound bitchy, Thats just me opinion.

I've gone off on ppl in game and Im a hard worker
in endgame and HNM becomes stressful sometimes.

I hope my opinion doesn't come off too strong
I do respect where your coming from. :)
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Why do you type like you're writing lyrics to a song? Are you typing from a Blackberry or something?
 
He's been acting since he was a child, that makes for a lot of stress. When the value of how much you get paid depends on how well you act, and someone fucks it up for you, sure he went overboard but who is anyone else to judge? Especially when they weren't there when it happened.
 
Mirewen said:
He's been acting since he was a child, that makes for a lot of stress. When the value of how much you get paid depends on how well you act, and someone fucks it up for you, sure he went overboard but who is anyone else to judge? Especially when they weren't there when it happened.
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Certainly. There's no excusing an explosive attack like that but that doesn't mean we can't understand it.

That would be like stealing wouldn't it. Stealing the energy spent and preserved for the scenes that were ultimately ruined by stupidity. The DP being a professional knew better, or at least SHOULD HAVE known better so I can understand how that would be very frustrating.

Either way, I hope for all future co-workers sake he isn't a flaming prick that can't ever keep his tongue, otherwise he may run into a Crowes fist himself lol
 
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