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The thing about Christian Bale is that hes a nice guy. HES A NICE GUY! NO! NO! DO NOT SHUT ME UP! NO!
But you probably didnt realise that. And thats all thanks to yesterdays glorious tape of Christian Bale unloading both barrels of his sweary idiot-gun at a director of photography on the Terminator Salvation set.
But, according to a Terminator Salvation assistant director, Christian Bales tantrum was a non-event. Rumours that he said this while whimpering on his knees while Christian Bale held a knife to his throat and cackled like a maniac are unconfirmed, but probably true.
Now, were not saying that Christian Bale is an angry man as such, but we wouldnt really like to be in the same room as him today. Remember that Christian Bale is the sort of person who, if you tell him that hes the above-the-title star of the second-biggest movie in cinema history, will get arrested for assaulting his own mother.
And thats Christian Bale on a good day. So just imagine what sort of prick hes being today, now that the infamous tape of Christian Bale ranting at a Terminator underling has hit the internet.
Youve no doubt heard the tape already, so youre fully aware of the majesty contained within. The swearing. The egomania. The deployment of at least 36 different regional accents. The immortal line Why the fuck are you walking right through? AH-DAH-DAH-DAH-DAH like this? The inescapable sensation that Christian Bale is the world champion of being a swaggering, self-important prick to almost everyone he meets. It is golden, and were not even slightly exaggerating there.
However, that hasnt stopped any number of party-poopers from rushing up and widdling all over our strawberries by bleating that oh, but the tape was taken out of context, and but Christian Bale is a professional, and you dont understand what its like to be an actor. And to those people we say this: DO NOT SHUT US UP! Do not NO! NO!
Sadly, one of those people is Bruce Franklin - an associate producer and assistant director on Terminator Salvation - who has come scampering to Christian Bales defence, probably because hes terrified that hell end up with a screwdriver poking out the top of his skull if he doesnt. E! Online reports: If you are working in a very intense scene and someone takes you out of your grooveIt was the most emotional scene in the movie. And for him to get stopped in the middle of it. He is very intensely involved in his character. He didnt walk around like that all day long. It was just a moment and it passed. He is so dedicated to the craft. I think someone is begging to make some noise about this, but I dont think its fair.
Actually, we do see Bruce Franklins point here. Christian Bale was working on a very emotional scene. The most emotional scene in a movie full of emotional scenes, in fact. Wait, did we just say emotional scenes? We meant utterly clueless scenes of Christian Bale running away from a load of angry robots. Our mistake.
Whether Bruces defence of Christian Bale helps is another question, though. Some are already saying that Bales career might be affected by this tape, with producers being reticent to hire such a notorious hothead for their movies. But even if thats the case, were sure that Christian Bale will still find work. True, that work will be limited to being the holiday cover for Bill OReilly, but a jobs a job.
But anyway, if the Christian Bale rant tape and all its reprecussions have taught us anything, its that we really need to build a time machine and travel back to see what the set of 3:10 To Yuma was like. Seriously, you cant employ two actors as obviously mental as Christian Bale and Russell Crowe without someone having their jaw ripped out.
I don't think he should be sorry..
Spentler 3 years ago 3
Yeah, if the guy had shut his mouth from the get go, it would have not gone on. CB got disrespected and the guy sounded like a dick. The only reason CB keeps going is b/c this guys mouth just keeps running and it is apparent that he just doesn't get it nor truly own up to his behavior, which he has done twice now. CB is an intense person. Look at his roles, look at what he does. Kevin Milktoast can't fill those shoes.
deejer67 3 years ago 3