It would be badass if the link wasn't broken.

Link (hopefully) fixed.

Yeah, the link gets me there now... Not that I hear anything from the Quicktime clip. Just... Silence. I half expected it to be one of those shock scare things. For which you would have received a fail.

Alright, so the WHOLE story goes like this, for people who don't understand:

Bale just went American Psycho. All he needs is Huey Lewis playing in the background.

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I say...good for Bale!  Dood deserves to be pissed off.  If a DoP, of all people, is going to be so irresponsible as to fuck up an actor (especially one as intense as Bale) during a scene, then he deserves to have his ass chewed out.  You'll even hear Bale during the rant say that he thinks the dood is a nice guy, but that he's also unprofessional and doesn't know his job very well.

 

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I heard this yesterday, absolutely hilarious.

Pure class act, I listened to this last night. Still funny as shit.

As someone who used to have to be assistant engineer to a couple of Hollywood asshole record producers, let me tell you that guys like Bale are a cancer in a creative environment.  That type of cocaine induced rage absolutely destroys a production.  Rarely do projects with people who need help, as I'm certain Bale does after listening to that, do well.  He's either suffering from significant anger issues, or he's got a drug problem, which it's most likely drugs.  Yeah, there really are a few babies out there like Bale who are just natural pricks, but there's something deeper going on there. 

There is NO reason, in ANY environment to berate someone like he did.  He took a small thing, like having to redo a take (which any pro would be able to do) and made it into a huge thing that I'm certain killed any hope of getting a good take.  It's HIS fault that mood was ruined, and his alone.  Imagine if he had laughed it off and not gotten upset.  No harm done, but instead he makes a capital case out of it and acts like an infant.

That DoP will never get a reservation at Dorsia, now.

Christian Bale=best actor

Christian Bale=now best person.

Thats how you get shit done.

And to the few that are detracting this with their LONG years of experience in the industry, even me a person with no experience knows that likely from how bale phrases it the guy has done it multiple times, on any movie set if the guys that are supposed to be the most professional and know how to do their job dont do it then you start to worry how shitty every things gonna be because these guys dont know shit and how to do their job, the guys walking across set in the background possibly geting caught on camera or his shadow and it ruins a shot, you can say a professional actor  knows how to do takes over and over but thats just silly to think that they should HAVE to if hes feeling it, the scenes perfect every one is doing their job then some Jackass walks into the background or blocks some lights like an idiot then you've ruined the shot and it has to be redone and thats gotta piss any one off specially if it happens multiple times.

P.S: sorry no anger problems means this, he got up then beat the living shit out of the DoP thats anger problems yelling at someone...ect is not an anger problem.

Actors are the most important people in the world, apart from actresses.

Oh and i must add including the fact that in many big productions they often go 10-12 hour days shooting, reshooting...ect if this had happend at the end of one of those bale was tired doing shots he has every right to bitch.

Let's face it: Christian Bale massively overreacted here. I don't know if his ego got in the way or what, but you just don't order everyone on the set around like that. Not under any circumstances. I understand that he was upset with his Director of Photography, but when the director tells you to shut the fuck up, you shut the fuck up. I don't care who you are or what movies you've been in. Someone needs to knock braskie down a peg or two.

"I'm not walking back on the set if you're still hired."

All I could think was how Lindsay Lohan that line was. Except she actually got bitched out for her childish behavior. Bale was ranting and raving against the DoP's "lack of professionalism". Having a tantrum on the set isn't very professional either, Bale.

EDIT.
To reiterate: on the set, your director is god. End of story. Even if the shot went swimmingly, the director could re-take it eighty-three times if he wanted, and no one has the right to bitch. Not even Bats.

Bale overreacted, but the DoP shouldnt have been a dumbass.

I don't know anything about the process of making a film nor the context of what happened to spark the over reaction but I say Bale went too far. Fair enough to be angry, fair enough to want to get things right but he could have made his point much quicker and with much more dignity than that.

He acted like a primadonna.

Obligatory, Delicious, Relevant, and Spoilerific if you have not seen American Psycho:

American psycho one of the better movies.

Fav quote: please insert kitten.

Things happen, people get upset and over-react. It's understandable why he was angry.

Dude, Christian Bale is such an asshole. Sure it's unprofessional,  but dude... He thinks that because he's a famous actor he gets to treat other people however he wants. What an asshole.

"Dude, Christian Bale is such an asshole. Sure it's unprofessional,  but dude... He thinks that because he's a famous actor he gets to treat other people however he wants. What an asshole."

We all know actors can be drama queens. And Bale is a methodist which means he takes it seriously, can't blame the guy for losing his temper if what was a perfect scene after a long days filming is ruined by one person who should know better. I think if you spent all day working on something and got it perfect only to have someone trash it, you would be pissed off too. Celebrities and actors are human afterall, and as such are subject to human emotion.

Lets not judge the man because he lost his temper.

"That DoP will never get a reservation at Dorsia, now."

Hey, some guy hinders him from doing his job, he's really into the scene, so he gets pissed off. Could happen to anyone.

I just read the news story in the link on the locked topic, and according to that he's also been arrested before for assaulting his mother and sister. Seems to be he's got some anger issues.

Anger problems?  Drug problems?  For once...and God it feels weird...I am glad to see William is on the same side as me about this.  Here's an example that I'm sure will go a long way.

"Snail said:

"Dude, Christian Bale is such an asshole. Sure it's unprofessional,  but dude... He thinks that because he's a famous actor he gets to treat other people however he wants. What an asshole."

Im not a professional actor, but if someone did that at a job i worked at or something equally as stupid id yell at them. i might get fired but it doesn't change the fact.
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"Anger problems?  Drug problems?  For once...and God it feels weird...I am glad to see William is on the same side as me about this.  Here's an example that I'm sure will go a long way.

Anger problems = David O. Russell on the set of I Heart Huckabees:

  

Not anger problems = Christian Bale on the set of Terminator Salvation

And yes, as was previously stated, it would seem that this DoP has done this more than once.  I'd be pissed off, too.  The DoP may be focused on what he's doing, but it doesn't mean he wasn't being a complete fucking noob about the work that was currently going on.  If there was a problem, he needed to say something to...ya know...THE DIRECTOR...OR THE PRODUCER!!!  Yeesh.

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"Dude, Christian Bale is such an asshole. Sure it's unprofessional,  but dude... He thinks that because he's a famous actor he gets to treat other people however he wants. What an asshole."

Terminator Salvation = Serious Business

Steroids, cocaine, and pills coupled with anger issues can cause some problems at work.  That audio is awesome.  Nice to see him be a fucking hardcore bad ass in person.  You don't mess with Batman.

I'm the goddamn batman!

who gives a fuck about overrated bale, he was a terrible batman.

"WilliamRLBaker said:

"Snail said:

"Dude, Christian Bale is such an asshole. Sure it's unprofessional,  but dude... He thinks that because he's a famous actor he gets to treat other people however he wants. What an asshole."

Im not a professional actor, but if someone did that at a job i worked at or something equally as stupid id yell at them. i might get fired but it doesn't change the fact.
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Then you'd get fired and everyone would think you're an asshole. Acting like a dumbfuck isn't brave and it's not productive. It's just you. Acting like a dumbfuck."

Haha oh that Christian. He has some anger problems no doubt. The funniest is when Conan O'Brian said what he got his mom for mothers day "A left hook, a upper cut and a round house kick to the face"  hahahaha, to funny.

I really don't see how anyone can defend him.  Saying he overreacted is an understatement, and no, this couldn't happen to anyone.  This is Christian Bale throwing a damn tantrum like you'd expect a 2 year old to.  And if there was any question in my mind that he wasn't a complete asshole, he also devolves into bullying the DoP about halfway through this clip just as I'd expect him to. 

I also don't see him as being a great actor.  Good, yes.  Great, nah.  Granted, I've only seen five of his movies, but he was far from the strongest link in any of those. 

"Bellum said:

"WilliamRLBaker said:

"Snail said:

"Dude, Christian Bale is such an asshole. Sure it's unprofessional,  but dude... He thinks that because he's a famous actor he gets to treat other people however he wants. What an asshole."

Im not a professional actor, but if someone did that at a job i worked at or something equally as stupid id yell at them. i might get fired but it doesn't change the fact.
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Then you'd get fired and everyone would think you're an asshole. Acting like a dumbfuck isn't brave and it's not productive. It's just you. Acting like a dumbfuck."

no sorry that would be me trying to do my fucking job, and someone like you dicking around talking bout how to make pipe bombs.
*happend to him when he worked at wal-mart a long long time ago* some stupid fucks not doing their job while im stocking doing my job and they are in their circle jerk talking bout pipebombs and i work for an hour while they do nothing, surfice to say i complained and quit soon after.

I have every right to yell at any one thats fucking around and doing stupid at my job, regardless of the outcome for me, I am in the right they are in the wrong, and you are wrong. i am right.
I work to do work not dick around and not have those around me dick around and act like jackasses."

That's a pretty long outburst of anger... Pretty excessive, the message was clear after 30 seconds in...

http://balevsoreilly.ytmnd.com/


Remixing is made of lol, methinks. :)

"That's a pretty long outburst of anger... Pretty excessive, the message was clear after 30 seconds in..."

He was mad as hell and wasn't going to take it any more.

"http://balevsoreilly.ytmnd.com/


Remixing is made of lol, methinks. :)"