Feb 3 2009Christian Bale is a 'consummate professional'

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Batman is Geigh.

Love him even more!

So basically he's got rage issues. Fuck'im.

He looks like someone that tends to go postal every now and then hahahaha. Who cares, I hate his whispery batman, pisses me off, I dont hate him but I dont like how he plays batman. Plus, yes, batman is the gayest of all super heroes, get yourself some powers dude, utility belt? Is it Prada? hahaha

save your money for your mortgage/rent payments and let this idiot have his rage contests all he wants. just dont subsidize it. fuck hollywood.

Sounds like a professional to me. The DP is the one that sounds like an f-ing d-bag. Someone needed to chew him out. A botched take means money.

Plus, actors are a temperamental bunch and getting into a zone can be extremely sensitive. I'm an editor and when I get in the zone, I could easily see myself going ballistic on a someone if they came in and started playing music, watching TV, messing with my monitors, something like that. I think people need to cut Bale some slack. If nothing else, he's showing that at least he's taking the shoot seriously.

Maybe if he would have closed his fucking yap once on a while, his nose wouldn't have been involuntarily restructured by someone's fist...

He is suffering ..Tourette Syndrome and Coprolalia......

This guy is a fucking man diva. He is now grouped with shitheads like Axel Rose and that other fucktard Kanye West. Overinflated egotistical cunt.

I've never understood why a bunch of adults who fucking play dress-up and make-believe all day have the nerve to be tempermental. Fuck him.

Hi Rich!!

He turns me on

bale is a delicade flower assholllllllll*

OMG he got pissed off? BURN HE!

Rich, let's go over to Zanna's new place. Well, the current new place. I've got Michael Phelps's bong, some spicy pork rinds and a case of Guinness.

Christian Bale is a egotistical mega bitch and he is fugly to boot.

links or it didn't happen.

Bale takes himself waaaaaay too seriously. Get the fuck over yourself. The audio can be found on the TMZ site.

Hes hot...i'd fuck him

Zanna cabana wears a banana bandana.

17. There's an audio clip on the E! News link you fucking idiot.

What's a matter?
Did Batman need a lozenge?

I'm there now, Rich. I had to stop off along the way and get coasters. Zanna hates when we leave condensation rings on the coffee table.

Show the link! The audio file of his rant is absolutely unbelievable. He didn't have a bad day...he was out to HUMILIATE the director of photography. He was a complete asshole and NOTHING excuses his behavior. No matter how famous or successful you are...there is no reason on earth to treat another human being like that...especially a fellow "consummate" professional. My respect for Bale took a nose diveee

Wow you guys gotta listen to it. What a total jackass. What kind of accent does he have, anyway? It's like a cross between British and total asshole.

"there is no reason on earth to treat another human being like that."

Sheeeit....Sure there is. In the words of Chris Rock...ain't no one above an ass kickin'.

You can't expect this guy to put in a performance as good as American Psycho and not have fucking issues...

Greatest movie ever....one of them..

Jrz -- Chris also said in the same breath "...just don't do it..."

I guess people can't get pissed anymore... Something tells me this whole thing was out of context. Sure CB went on & on & on & on, but it was probably a crazy domino effect of circumstances.... I bet it was one of those long days...into night... into morning, nothing was going right, everybody was a little frazzled, on edge & loopy, maybe hadn't eaten, and he just snapped. That doesn't happen?? now he's gonna have to apologize & look like a pussy... maybe even attend some kind of anger management crap....

Seriously, who the fuck cares?! He got mad and went off on someone. That's all we know, yet everyone on both sides are trying to attach more meaning or there own interpretations of the event. He's a human. Sometimes people get mad and redirect their anger on someone. Maybe this guy deserved it, maybe he didn't. The real point is, who the fuck cares?!?!? I've gone off on people who didn't deserve it, I've gone off on people who do. This audio recording doesn't tell me anything except that CB went off on someone for walking into a scene.

Sheesh, can't a guy get totally pissed at someone anymore? I think you're all jealous that you can't do that to some of your co-workers. I'm sure most of you talk like that when you're behind the wheel of your car. Go Bat-Bale!

Every American worth his salt knows that people from the British Isles are tea-bag fairy shit heads with poor teeth, horrendously unfunny humor, awful...just fucking AWFUL food, bizarre shitty versions of our cereals and candies, faggy dialects and weird syntax, cold unfriendly cities and towns, ummm did I mention the food sucks? London is a more expensive New York...which means it also smells like trash, is filled with minorities, has no foliage, and its main attraction is a fucking clock instead of a giant green woman with no cleavage.

why the fuck is the DP wandering into the shot while they're rolling? what is he blind? bale got pissed off because that dude is clearly an idiot. i don't blame him.

They should have released this earlier. Just to f**k with Bale. He deserves it.

I can understand why Bale went ballistic. I have a clerk that comes by my area and loves to sing and yell across the room to another clerk while I am trying to do my computer programming. My work takes a lot of concentration and there are times when I want to tel the clerk to shut the fuck up!

Kind of beat that (fucking) horse to death, didn't he?

Who gives a flying f_ck what an actor says. Actors fall somewhere between whores and amoebas in the grand scheme of things.

That's as diva as diva gets. What a jerk-off.

Deacon Jones nailed it.

Christian Bale is the greatest actor currently working, and will be the greatest actor of all time in 30 years. He is used to working with the best directors and crews, and the Dir of Photography from Terminator 4 really is a hack and a nobody. Christian Bale is justified in being pissed that he had to work with such a piece of shit Dir of Photography.

BOYCOTT.

The only reason the take was ruined was because Assclown Bale has focusing issues. He said it himself, he got distracted and was wondering what the DP was doing versus playing his part. THAT is amateur. Watch out for that bird over there.. "what is that thing doing. I wonder where it's going.. Where has it been. Why can't I fly? I'm fucking Batman--- Oh shit, the scene. Right. Now who am I going to blame this botched take on."

Guess what dickhead, there are going to be people moving about when the cameras are rolling. The world doesn't pause while you're ATTEMPTING to act.

BOYCOTT. Teach pricks like this a lesson.

Go Bale!

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

#34

Try this next time. I borrowed it from Christian and modified to meet your needs.

What the F are you doing? Do I f’n walk around your area and sing loudly and yell across the room while you are working? Do you have any idea how f’n distracting it is when you come in my area and sing loudly and yell across room while I’m working? Give me an F’n answer!

"What kind of accent does he have, anyway? It's like a cross between British and total asshole."

Lol @ 25 ... I was wondering the same thing.

Why the fuck doesn't he have that offensive mole removed from his nose?Damn. That thing is distracting.

#32 the DP didn't wander into the shot. Just into Bale's line of sight. The camera was on Bale and the DP was walking behind his co-star Bryce Dallas Howard, adjusting lights. Going DA DA DA DA, from what I hear.

He wasn't ruining the shot, but I can see how it would upset Bale's concentration. To those who say "He's just an actor" or "It's just a Terminator movie" or "He's a pampered little turd" -- yeah yeah, I know you all work much harder jobs, that's why everyone I see out there is a bona fide drooling vegetable. We're all hard-workin' Amurricans and this pansy furreign actor thinks his feces don't stink! Save it.

Superfish does nothing except write about how he wants to bone midget starlets and even he's acting all superior. At least Bale is doing something about Skynet and the machines ( i.e. the New World Order and the communist Jews like Rahm Emmanuel who run this cesspool, which is soon to have gulags and work farms with giant pictures of Obama hanging over them. )

I don't give a shit about how dramatic the scene was, Christian Bale is a total fuck and that poor guy Bruce shouldn't make him sound like he was great to work with. That's bullshit. He's a total fuck and he deserves to have his fame and fortune stripped from him.

It appears this has happened before and the dip shit did it again. I bet he will never ever interupt a scene again. Sometimes people do not get it until you explode.

i love it, he's a sexy bitch, i'm imagining being choked out by him in bed

I just heard this audio clip on the radio this morning, and he took it way too far. I don't care how famous you are, and how much money you have there is no reason to disrepect someone like this. He sounded beyond livid about this incident. Im sorry, and I loved "Dark Night," but he seems angry to me now. By the way Heath Ledger made that movie in my opinion

According to the many "Hollywood" scenes in movies, where someone closes that black and white sign and the director yells ACTION, scenes are supposed to be considered almost "sacred" in the hopes the scene can be put in the movie without having to do it over and over again.

I would think this fellow had just made a mistake, but supposedly it was his 2nd time to do so, therefore maybe he shouldn't be working where scenes are shot.

Could you imagine a minor coworker distracting a surgeon as s/he was making an important repair, or a coworker distracting a bomb specialist? Sure, those careers are much more important than acting/movies, but they are all expensive job scenarios, so it's important to get it right without distractions.

But just a few sentences of complaints would have sufficed, with perhaps 1-2 F bombs at most. But Bale was almost FULL POSTAL!

Thank goodness there weren't any real guns around (although he's Brit, and probably scared to even be in the same room as a real gun, like the blonde James Bond), or a telephone to hunk across the room, like a primadonna Aussie actor likes to use when they're throwing a tantrum.

But, this Bale-tantrum supposedly occurred during the time his mother and sister were trying to scam and blackmail him??? Well, if this is the ONLY freak-out, near-postal tantrum Bale's ever thrown, then maybe it was due to external stress of having a sucky family.

Super douche...he sucked as Batman.

"Bruce Franklin says Batman was just having a bad day and is a "consummate professional,""

Bitch, please.

"Bruce Franklin says Batman was just having a bad day and is a "consummate professional,""

Bitch, please.

"Bruce Franklin says Batman was just having a bad day and is a "consummate professional,""

Bitch, please.

Ooops. Sorry about the triple post.

Like i said before... If the douchebag guy wasn't wandering the set being an asshat, he would have not gotten chewed out by Hottie McHottiePants. Stay off the fucking set, dillhole - we're filming a fucking movie. Did the FIRST time you interupted the scene not give you enough of a clue to refrain from doing it again. Betcha he isn't wandering any other sets is he? Director of Photography - my ass. That title implies you have a little more experience and intelligence to be in that line of work than this fucktard obviously has. Way to go, Mr. Bale... I'm on ur side!!

"The most emotional scene in a Terminator movie? It must've been the part when he really kills that robot with a grenade launcher and says something witty like "Made in Taiwan, motherfucker." *sniff* I'm getting all misty-eyed just thinking about it...."

best.comment.EVAR!

and ok, even if he is a professional there are people out there, like nurses and firemen who's jobs are a hundred times harder and i'm pretty sure they don't loose it like that.

Typical American reaction, getting all sensitive and shit when someone just rips into someone else. It's no wonder everyone else considers the average American to be a fucking pussy.... you've all been fucking pussified by your women. Too scared to say shit in case someone is "offended", too scared to compliment women because they'll sue your ass.

Face it you'll are just too pussy to do shit. So what if CB went off on that asshole, everyone is entitled to it once in a way - everyone getting so fucking offended when you'll would just love to do the same to the next asshole who cuts you off on the freeway. You know even gay men, no matter how camp, rip into people and goddamn it its funny as hell. Its you whitebread American idiots who do absolutely nothing because just about everything these days offends your delicate sensibilities. Fuck that, you guys used to be real men, what the fuck happened?

He should have just kept pissing him off till he hit him (which obviously wouldn't take much) then sue and never have to work again.

#5, Alex, have you ever read any of the batman comics? Try reading it before you call it "gay" - there's a reason why Batman and Nietzsche have been compared. Wait, do you even know who Nietzsche is? Yes, I can see you googling or Wikipediaing right now.

What an absolute pussy. A complete bully. He has never been in a true physical confrontation in his life- he relies on the fact that he screams and curses to intimidate people. The DP was so apologetic, and pussy Bale just kept going and going- exactly what a bully does when they see weakness. It makes them feel big.

It's more than a bad day and a mistake. He went way to far and thinks way too much of himself.

Bale is a small-dicked piece of shit and, even though it won't make one difference in his life, I won't go to or rent anything he's in.

I was a fan. Not any more.

#27 I agree, Psycho was one of the best films ever.

I think roid rage may have something to do with this.

#57

He is English not American you ignorant fool. Americans are pussys when it comes to losing weight because most Americans are fat. Americans are big pussys about admitting they are fat and will say I am not fat, I am stocky, husky, curvy, etc.

If anyone here has ever worked on a film set you would know that nearly ALL DP's ARE assholes! Bale is just speaking up for everyone else whos sick of these self-absorbed fuck-faces.

kudos christian.

Um...what's the story here? That Bale uses the F-bomb? What a shock. Who doesn't? how does this merit being newsworthy at all (it's even featured on CNN.com, which I know might be stretching the news label, but that's what they claim).

Best bit's where he goes "you're a nice guy…" then goes right back to berating the DP.

What an ass...

He's off my "To-Do" list...

He sounds a lot like Bill O'Reilly in his "We'll do it live!" blow up.

@31...that probably took you all day to compose, you fuckwit. I guess we should all pat you on the back, despite your obvious low intellect and use of bog-standard filmic cliches from Austin Powers. Twat.

Haha, 67. I'd really like to see a live shit-talking showdown between Christian Bale and Bill O'Reilly. Why has no one thought of this yet???

He sounds like a cross between "Do it LIVE!!" O'Reilly, and scarily, Pat Bateman.

I think I have to go return some videotapes.

Oh Lord....
We 've got ourselves another Russell Crow...

AWESOME! i love how CB asks McG what i thinks and he's all, "uh, i didn't see it." LOLOL! he's the freakin' DIRECTOR! that was great! and i agree with #42...i would LOVE to modify this for MY job!

Americans are such pussies! In Russia, someone would flip like this the FIRST time someone fucked up their work, not the 2nd or 3rd. Oh and they would REALLY beat the shit out them, not just threaten. That's the Brit in him: "Excuse me, Sir. Would you ever so mind if I beat the shit out of you?" *Girly Slap*

The guy certainly can't act his way out of a paper bag (How can I "emote" while wearing Batman's mask? With my eyes? Naww, I know, I'll WHISPER, that'll show I can act!), so no wonder every little thing ruins his concentration. He has always impressed me as being a sociopath. There is no emotion in his eyes in ANY of his movies. He's like looking at a meat wall. Even Richard Gere has a little emotion that leaks through occasionally.
This guy is an accident waiting to happen. Let's watch. This is the second "rage" incident in the last year. I predict there will be more.
Christian Bale is super f**king creepy. End of story.

40, "The only reason the take was ruined was because Assclown Bale has focusing issues. He said it himself, he got distracted and was wondering what the DP was doing versus playing his part. THAT is amateur."

From my understanding, the DP walked behind the actor Bale was supposed to be reacting to and was humming or some shit. That is unacceptable, and he should know better considering he has worked on other movies before.

Bale, you are an asshole!

Bale, you are an asshole!

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I think Bale is right. There is nothing wrong with being passionate about your work. He is a master artist and cares about his films and they are all of high quality. He was likely doing press for Batman and getting really stressed while filming at the same time.

I heard his whole rant. It kind of turned me on.

I ADORE Christian Bale. He is so sexy. I love tall, dark and handsome men. And I love how hes aggressive and straightforward. He's a great Batman. He's passionate, attractive, ambitious....WOW. He's my ultimate movie star.

Sorry, but I actually have more respect for Christian. I mean, come on -- he's taking his shit seriously, and from what it sounds like, a dipshit assistant photography director decides he's going to be fucking right as Christian's doing a scene. Has anybody here ever been on a live set? Live sets mean "SHUT THE FUCK UP AND DON'T FUCK AROUND." Live sets cost money each and every time a scene has to be reshot because someone sneezed, tripped over equipment, missed the tabletop when putting their coffee down, etc. But fuck movies -- how about when you're trying to concentrate on something really important and intense, and some asshole decides that's the time when s/he is going to do something they really could wait to complete? That is called "rudeness", to the highest of pisstivity, and Christian's reaction to someone doing this is mild compared to some things I've heard, and seen people do (like throwing sharp objects, punching someone without warning, tossing cases of beer, and unbelievably, hurling a sheep. Be angry, but don't take it out on a docile creature).

By the way -- Christian is Welsh. There's more to the United Kingdom than England. His asshole accent is definitely Americanized, though.

@ 61 I was referring to the American reaction to CB's outburst

umm who the hell cares? he blew up. I've done it. you've done it. moving on.

He is the first celebrity who has a "BLOW-JOB" licence, folks!!

@81
Born in Wales, raised in England - has an English accent.

Meh, the Bale's a whining bitch who takes himself too seriously for his own good. No surprise there.

I'd love to see Christian Bale work with Ricky Gervais in Extras... See how he reacts when Gervais messes up take 43... Seriously somebody get those two together!

He can yell at me any day, just as long as he brings some spankings along with it.

Just goes to show you these people are NOT angels! If most of you saw how these people act off camera you would be stunned! I've been around several A-list stars off screen and they feel like they own the World! I say Fuck 'em all!

I was so sad to see mr. Bale act like that, I was afraid and I was no where near him, in fact sitting in my home on a computer hearing this scared me. I have followed hi career, he is a fine actor, but I now have a different feeling in wanting to view him beyond his out of costume bullying. Mr. Bale at the age of 58, you make me want to cry.

how serious is terminator 4, really now

Makes total sense. Yeah, a four minute rant is a bit excessive, but I can't blame him. Why the hell are you dicking around with lights during shooting? DP is a tard, and needed to be told so.

To see how far our society has fallen in order to produce a scumbag like Christian Bale, read the article
Orson Welles. Everything Christian Bale will never be. Except dead. and watch the video of how a genius and gentleman "tells someone off."

The URL from the previous comment was stripped for some reason. Just go to the IHateTheMedia.com site and it's at the top, for now at least.

61 honey hes Welsh not English mkay?

He often keeps his american acting accent for interviews so the american public dont get confused (either he doesn't give them enough credit, or damn!...). I imagine when you're in character you probably want to keep the characters speaking accent as much as possible. Unless of course you're shouting at some dip shit who is fucking up your zen while your trying to act. This can often cause you to slip back into your natural tantrum voice, which we all perfected as teenagers by shouting at our sibling or parents. He is still cool in my book, but just a bit more human and normal than I originally thought.

I've done far worse things. I mean this makes me just respect the heart he puts into his acting. The guys who is screaming boycott and shit like that, that's just stupid.
I'ts not professional. It's not - no - no - fuck you!

It's NOT fucking professional. I don't give a FUCK!
I'll kick your fucking ass!

I'll... ehrm... oh. sorry.

Rule #1: You don't break into an Actor's sight line and get caught or you get fired. Rule#2: You don't break into a Director's sight line or you get fired. Some Director's don't even want you to catch their eye in the hallway. Rule#3: A slow fuss budgeting DP can ruin your whole shooting day. Ask yourself: If the lighting WAS bad then what was doofus going to do about it during the scene? Move it? No he has to bring in a Grip (a real man or woman) to do that - and waste a whole lot of time between shots with his fussy dweebiness. Ever watched anyone hem and haw over a light meter for a couple of hours? Then after doofus had his chance, he continues on with the friggin' meter like Rainman? Bale called him a nice guy because he probably was that ineffectual sort of "nice" that can drive a professional person batshit. I can only imagine how long this DP took to set up that shot - and then ruin it. This tirade is not the whole story. A good DP is worth his weight in gold - way more pivotal to the film's success than people might imagine.

Fuck CB. The DP isn't blameless either. He's such a fucking kiss ass. I don't stand for that sort of shit. I don't care how fucking famous you are or how powerful, or what drugs you're on, you talk that way to me, you find yourself unconciouss on the fucking floor.

Ah, fuck actors anyway. They want to be so fucking famous and rich, they should be held to higher standards than the rest of us.