Christian Bale goes crazy (AUDIO)

zombieturtle01 said:
And then you find out the guy has some rare disease where the lights can't be shown on his skin for too long or he gets very sick and gets cancer or something, and there happened to be ONE light out of place shining on him he was trying to move so he doesn't have to get cancer treatment again and here Bale is all like "F*CKING-A MANNNNN"
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Keep on taking the medication :dozey:
 
"I'M NOT THE ONE WALKING BAAAAAAWWWWWW"

God damn, give this guy some tranqs.
 
Fu*k I love this guy :D What a pro.

Respect +1
 
Let me give you a good example of me working at my job. Welding takes intense concentration and a very steady hand. Now if somebody starts grinding in the shop, or even talking, am I gonna flip out? If I flipped out there could be a fight. Let me give you another example. The iron workers are often referred as the insane welding people because they go up in sky scrapers to weld. Sometimes they weld on I-Beams that are 8" wide. Now I bet that would be a huge distraction but those people still do it and get paid pretty good. Christian Bale is a ****ing pussy that somebody moved in the background. He can't chew bubble gum and talk at the same time.
 
Kadayi said:
He's not getting pissed off at the other actor in the scene for fluffing their lines, he's getting pissed off at the guy who is ****ing around in the background and distracting him during the filming of a scene.
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Um, yeah, I know. My point was that Bale would never talk this way to someone whom he couldn't lord his own importance over (plus Oldman would be all like 'What filthy piece of shit did I do now?' then he'd bring everyone). As such it's pure cowardice, and not some kind of Batmanesque badassness, spurring him on once his ranting gets past a certain point. I'm not surprised America has such shitty labour laws if so many people think this is an example of badassness, rather than just a chump overstepping the bounds of his authority by a long way. Badass would be the tech putting Bale on his ****ing arse.

Looks like someone else on set felt this outburst was as inexcusable as I do; I can't think of many other motives for their having leaked this old clip at the possible expense of their job. Although according to the Today Show, this clip was leaked to the insurance company in case Bale cuts out of the movie. Either way this reaction isn't as 'Hollywood standard' as some fanboys (not calling anyone here that, btw) might like to think.

Final note on context - Bale provides his version of the context for 3 and a half minutes. I'm less inclined to speculate on extra excuses for him than I am for the DP, whose side of the story we don't hear at all due to Bale trying to intimidate him into silence. Maybe he made the judgement call that the scene was worthless anyway if he didn't fix this one light. Doesn't the DP have the authority to stop a take anyway...? And we don't even KNOW if the cameras were rolling at all, could have been a rehearsal.
 
Laivasse said:
"plus Oldman would be all like 'What filthy piece of shit did I do now?' then he'd bring everyone"
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Then he'd bring everyone?

I think you confuse Gary Oldman the character (I'm a psycho!!!) with Gary Oldman the actor (I like money). Likewise Chris Bale is not Batman..he's an actor. Who'd win a fight between Bale and Oldman? Who cares? Because guess what? never.....going....to..... happen. That you've been hoodwinked into thinking they are their roles in indicative as to just how good they are at what they do, and a lot of that probably comes down to the fact that they don't **** about during a scene.

It's also ****ing hilarious the number of internet hard men only too willing to trash talk about how they'd 'sort Bale out, good and proper' in that situation. Get lives people. Smacking the talent is a sure fire way to end up never working again ever. :rolleyes:

Whatever the reason someone chose to leak that audio, they probably did cost someone at that insurance company their job though. Good going that. :dozey:
 
Kadayi said:
Then he'd bring everyone?

I think you confuse Gary Oldman the character...
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...I was making a joke along the lines of what Eejit said. The 'badass' talk was a commentary on the people saying stuff like 'Now I respect him EVEN MORE!!'
Kadayi said:
Smacking the talent is a sure fire way to end up never working again ever. :rolleyes:
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Assuming people are even being serious, it would also be a surefire way to avoid being talked to like a piece of shit by a spoilt primadonna ever again. If employment comes at the expense of basic dignity then you're in the wrong job or you at least have the wrong boss. In any case I think most people, in saying that, are hinting that the DP would be well within his rights to tell Bale to STFU, not seriously saying that the guy should have resorted to violence.
 
Koola Mena said:
Some people don't understand professional courtesy. But it was an over-reaction on Bale's part, he should have dealt with it then left it. What a character flaw.


Would like to know the full story behind this.
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This. The overreaction wasn't justified.
 
Eejit said:
What do you mean, everyone?
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(couldn't find the pic...)
 
Man I missed that post, ****ing lol.
 
/me thinks there would be a lot less locked threads if this was in the correct forum...
 
Laivasse said:
Assuming people are even being serious, it would also be a surefire way to avoid being talked to like a piece of shit by a spoilt primadonna ever again. If employment comes at the expense of basic dignity then you're in the wrong job or you at least have the wrong boss. In any case I think most people, in saying that, are hinting that the DP would be well within his rights to tell Bale to STFU, not seriously saying that the guy should have resorted to violence.
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Well within their rights? If you're trying to do something and someone in your team continually sabotages your efforts despite you telling them politely to cease and desist, the next step is you change your approach to one that grabs their attention. I'm sure the talk down burned his ears, but I'm also pretty sure that after that he didn't wander about distracting the cast during filming either.
 
Laivasse said:
Final note on context - Bale provides his version of the context for 3 and a half minutes. I'm less inclined to speculate on extra excuses for him than I am for the DP, whose side of the story we don't hear at all due to Bale trying to intimidate him into silence. Maybe he made the judgement call that the scene was worthless anyway if he didn't fix this one light. Doesn't the DP have the authority to stop a take anyway...? And we don't even KNOW if the cameras were rolling at all, could have been a rehearsal.
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Even if its a rehearsal you still dont do shit while its happening.

Being a D.P. is the highest, most coveted position you can attain in the camera department. People in Unions spend their entire lives hoping to become a D.P. one day. Especially when the gig is a big Hollywood production that's almost guaranteed to turn a profit. It's pretty pathetic that a D.P. would be doing this. That's like breaking the rules of set behavior 101. You don't do shit during rehearsals or takes. The DP is one of the people in charge. Bale called a supposedly elite professional out for his apparently chronic incompetence and lack of commitment.

Also this isn't like working in an office. Stop thinking like he flipped out at some mouth-breather at Wendy's or your coworker at Best Buy. Production is nothing like that at all. The extremes of pressure on a production have to be experienced to be understood, seriously. I'm not saying it's unknowable, but unless you've done one from start to finish, you really can't understand the certain special madness that goes along with it.

People's metaphorical lives are on the line. The more you **** up, the longer it takes, the more money you spend, the more angry calls you get from the people with money, the more stress everybody feels, the more likely somebody is to snap. Shooting on a budget and a strict production schedule is crazy, so shooting a Hollywood picture must be absolutely batshit, razor's edge of breakdown, pressure cooker terrifying.

Sure, Christian Bale is a huge name, but it's for a reason: He's a pro and studios are not afraid to invest their money in him, and directors and producers are willing to work with him. That says a lot. You don't become a regular player like that by being an intolerable prick 24/7. He didn't win the "Hollywood lottery". He's been doing this since he was a kid, and doing it well.

Before anyone goes "HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT SHIT HUHUHUH" I've had the pleasure of being on several sets for a couple TV shows for a little bit thanks to my uncle. It gets pretty intense and after a while you can see people start to get absolutely miserable
 
Kadayi said:
Well within their rights?
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Of course he's well within his rights to tell someone threatening him with violence to STFU. It's bizarre to say otherwise. There are ways and ways to get people's attention. I refuse to accept that Bale's way doesn't reflect on his being a douchebag. Maybe Bale could start spitting on the guy's face so that he'd be humiliated into never moving during a take, would that be excusable too? There are some things a person just doesn't ever have to take, ever, and it's not just physical shit like that. Bale's rant qualifies. I must have missed the bit where Bale 'politely tells the guy to cease and desist' - I can't be sure he never did, but I have no reason to speculate that he did.

BTW@'continually' - it was twice, according to Bale, not 'continually', or 'the last in a long line' or whatever. And we don't even know how innocuous the first time, or indeed this incident, was. Everyone, including myself, is giving Bale the benefit of the doubt that it was a huge intrusion.
Adrik_Senturu said:
Even if its a rehearsal you still dont do shit while its happening.
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And you don't talk to people like Bale did. I'd rather be an occasional incompetent (like most of the human race) than a total c*nt.
Adrik_Senturu said:
*snip*
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I'm sure it's pressured, I said so myself, but past a certain point in that rant the pressure thing becomes irrelevant. Just saying he's 'human' puts a pretty low standard on humanity, especially if you're simultaneously suggesting that the DP was the one most in the wrong. If you're a 'professional', a word Bale seems to like, you don't let your pressure push you into pointless vitriol against members of your crew - or if you do, you'll probably catch yourself in under say, a minute or so of non-stop rage.

Because most of that rant is pointless. The point has been made within the first minute. If the DP starts backtalking Bale after that, then it's probably because he doesn't quite like being threatened with violence, or the idea that Bale should control employment on the set, or that he should be able to hold the film to ransom when stuff makes him angry. And quite rightly.

What part of that invective do you think was beneficial to the moviemaking process...? I'm sure the budget, etc. are what contributed to the pressure certainly, but concern for the movie is not what motivates the bulk of his words, which are blatantly a form of stress relief through power assertion. Having a 4 minute rant is going to increase tension between crew members, take his fellow actors out of their zones, take up time, and just generally embarrass and offend people. The producers certainly didn't think Bale was motivated by trying to save them time and money; the release of the tape to the insurance people suggests they were afraid he might cost them some.

There are plenty of douches in Hollywood and they haven't all just lucked their way to the top. Saying it's 'pretty pathetic' what the DP did, when no one's even sure what he did, why he did it or under what circumstances, and yet we're all so eager to give Bale the benefit of the doubt and talk about his long and illustrious career, that just smacks of celeb sycophantism to me.

EDIT: for the record I had nothing against him before I heard this. I never thought he was amazing, but he's fairly good at what he does.
 
I dunno, 'most emotional scene' and 'it's an art form' doesn't mean much to me when they're talking about Terminator 4. What else is the assistant director going to say, "what a douche"?
 
Whatever the DP has done. there is no need for Bale to talk to him like a shower of shit, I'm sure if the DP was really being that much of a pest the director (you know, the one really in charge on a set) would have said something. Instead Bale decides he's the man and wades in. What a class A knob.
 
stemot said:
Whatever the DP has done. there is no need for Bale to talk to him like a shower of shit, I'm sure if the DP was really being that much of a pest the director (you know, the one really in charge on a set) would have said something. Instead Bale decides he's the man and wades in. What a class A knob.
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Thats kind of the point though SOMEONE should have said something when this guy was moving around like a moron. Im surprised it wasn't the director or producer that was laying into the guy because the last thing you need is some guy moving around in the backround messing up shots or screwing with a rehearsal.
 
Who cares, it will be hilarious when the batman mixes start coming up.
Can't wait.
 
That last line with bale pretty much says it all.

"You're a nice guy, but you're being a ****ing moron so gtfo". It didn't need to be a 5 minute rant, but the guy also should've just shut the hell up when it looked like bale was cooling down.

Bale: You ruined the scene!
DP: But the lights
Bale: You dont ****ing get it!
DP: The lights
Bale: YOU DONT ****ING GET IT
DP: but the lights
Bale: HE DOESNT ****ING GET IT.
 
Ever since Adrik got that new avatar he has been an evil dude.
 
Media member: Mr. Bale, could you make an appology?

Christian Bale: "Yes, I'd like to start off by sayi-"

Media member: *cough*

Christian Bale:"WHAT THE **** IS YOUR ****ING PROBLEM YOU PRICK?! I'M TRYING TO MAKE AN APOLOGY HERE AND YOU'RE COUGHING IN THE ****ING BACKGROUND. THAT'S DISTRACT- oh **** I messed this up...."
 
Well to be honest the reporter shouldn't have been coughing, I mean anyone in the industry knows that you just dont ****ing cough like that during an interview. Its distracting, and by the sounds of it he was doing it the entire interview.
 
lolz i'll bet he had a hangover that day or something.....i don't blame him
 
The guy's a great actor, who cares what happens off screen.
 
You guys must be quite bored to argue about something so pointless...
 
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