Audio of Alleged Christian Bale On-Set Rant Surfaces

WNBC.COM ^ | 2/3/09 | Puppage

[Puppage]

“I’m gonna f***ing kick your f***ing ass,” Bale reportedly says

Wow...what a tough guy.

[Seruzawa]

Wow! A bullying uber-egotist as a Hollywood Star! Whodathunk?

[Badeye]

Doncha just ONCE want to read ‘Actor explodes on set, gets ASS KICKED BY TECHNICIAN’?

Just once....

[peggybac]

What an a**. What disturbs me most is that no one told him to STFU and the DP just let him continue screaming at him. I’ve never worked on a set where this has happened. And Bale calls the DP unprofessional?

[perfect_rovian_storm]

So what? People on movie sets sometimes work ridiculously long hours and tempers flare. Or maybe Christian Bale’s just a big jerk. Either way, the new Batman movies are still good and this idea of the new Terminator movie being directed by the hack that did the Charlie’s Angels movies is enough to make me go on a cursing tirade myself.

[ClearCase_guy]

Not a classy move on Bale's part. But the guy apparently messed up the scene twice by unprofessionally walking on to the set during a shoot. That seems almost passive-aggressive.

Given the cost of shoots these days, I can understand why people go ballistic during the work. I'm much less forgiving of a celebrity who throws a tantrum while in a restaurant or club.

[aft_lizard]

Meh. The more talented an actor gets sometimes the weirder they get, no surprise his weirdness is being a prick. I say if it makes his films better and the film company doesnt care let him, won’t stop me from watching his movies. Now if he starts blabbing like a lefty loon like his adoptive mother then that is something else altogether for me.

[TheKidster]

What a complete jerk! Totally unprofessional, he ain’t gonna last long with an attitude like that.

[TexasCajun]

Sounds like some little bitch got his man-thong in a bunch.

[mewzilla]

Bale’s gonna need a bigger cuss jar....

[TheOldLady]

So they caught one and it got onto utube or something. Does anyone really think that this sort of stuff doesn’t go on all the time. A movie set is a pot full of egos boiling away; it’s sure to go over from time to time.

Not excusing anyone, just saying that this isn’t news.

[AppyPappy]

Gee I wonder if Bales ever considered whether there were CAMERAS nearby when he had that tantrum.

[ontap]

Sadly he will! And he will wail about the bullies on wall street.Typical leftist hypocrite.

[ClearCase_guy]

Along those lines, good actors are usually the people who can bring emotion and intensity to a scene. They are not calm, cool and collected people for the most part. And in the middle of a scene, I would imagine that the juices are really flowing. So, if you piss 'em off, they may really snap.

It kind of comes with the territory.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Here is the audio tape.

[theDentist]

Uh-huh. Who Effin’ Cares? Pretty boy has a temper tantrum... happens 100 times a day out there.

[popdonnelly]

First sentence says he was charged with assault in London. I don’t care what Hollywood clowns do on the set, no matter how offensive to decent people, let them handle it. What Bale does in public is a problem. Sounds like his got an “anger management issue”.

[Puppage]

Or maybe Christian Bale’s just a big jerk

Gee, ya think?

Either way, the new Batman movies are still good

So, don't mind his assholery because the movie is good? Are you kidding me?

[TheOldLady]

"Along those lines, good actors are usually the people who can bring emotion and intensity to a scene. They are not calm, cool and collected people for the most part. And in the middle of a scene, I would imagine that the juices are really flowing. So, if you piss 'em off, they may really snap.

"It kind of comes with the territory."

Well said. That's what I meant. Thanks for clarifying.

[Puppage]

Not excusing anyone, just saying that this isn’t news

Agreed. Which is why it was posted in General Chat