This Christian Bale tirade was recorded on the set of the new Terminator movie. Apparently he's tearing into the Director of Photography for wandering into the shot while the camera was rolling.
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/christian-bale-being-a-prick-to-a-dp/
Should've used the batvoice...
Deja Baldwin.
ReplyDeleteThis guy needs a serious ass beating. Until this tirade, he was at the top of my favorite actors list. Equilibrium, Batman, the Machinist, etc. . .
ReplyDeleteBeware the wrath of the Bat-douche!
ReplyDeleteTo give the scene some explanation...
ReplyDelete" The DP on TERMINATOR SALVATION, Shane Hurlbut, is a apparently a light tweaker. He’s a fairly young DP and likes to fiddle with his lights on set during action, which is a big “NO NO” on most productions unless worked out in advance with performers. But apparently Shane was a pretty unrepentant light tweaker.
The scene in question, was a very emotional and tough scene between Christian Bale and Bryce Howard. A scene that required soul bearing and a deep level of immersive concentration. The sort of scene where everyone on set knows not to get in anyone’s eye lines, and definitely not to move lights around while FILMING. You lock that shit down before the scene starts.
Bale had indeed warned the DP on multiple occasions about messing with lights while the cameras were rolling, and Bale was in the midst of a painful scene with Bryce, what was described to me as being the emotional center of the film and his character for the film.
Now, the reason I know all of this is because the person that was there, felt that it should be made perfectly clear that Christian Bale was the utmost gentleman and cool guy on set. And the DP really was doing something that professional DPs with experience just don’t do. Not during a performance. "
Yeah, but that's from Harry Knowles, Dan! :) I like Knowles well enough, but he's always a geek first, and Bale being the ultimate geek hero, I don't know how objective Harry was being.
ReplyDeleteI mean...four minutes!
It's weird how he seems to alternate between his British and American accent.
ReplyDeleteBloody 'ell, James, all stealing my fucking comment and shit...for fuck's sake.
ReplyDeleteI didn't post that to excuse Bale; I actually don't give a shit about this whole thing. I just posted it because the recording is getting played all over the web without any background, so I figured having some would be fairer.
ReplyDeleteI believe Bale was practicing for a monologue in which Batman acts batshit crazy in the next movie, and thus the whole thing is out of context.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe Bale's an asshole.
Or, more likely, since it's Hollywood, everyone on both sides are assholes. ;)
>>I didn't post that to excuse Bale
ReplyDeleteYes you did! You're a dirty Bale-apologist!
And a Bendis-worshipper. Don't forget that.
ReplyDeletedammit. i cannot think of any puns with "Bale" in them.
ReplyDeleteDan is a Bendophile, though. it ain't much but it's all i got.