Christian Bale freaking out

So what? People swear and yell at each other all the time. While it is unprofessional to do so at the workplace, it's really something between those two people...
 
SIr

lol thats funny you should hear the alec baldwin one LMAO even better. My question is was that John Conner, Bruce Wayne or Batman coming out? LMAO
 
Who cares? Everyone freaks out at their job at one point or another. If you've ever done film work, you know how long the hours are and how frustrating it can be. I've had some big diva moments on set too. After several hours and doing many scenes repeatedly, your patience wears very thin. I understand it. I've snapped and yelled at people before, including my directors. Put it in perspective.
 
I thought it was a little much but I've shouted at my computer when its gone haywire. It may have been a bit of an extreme outburst but he always struck me as a bit of an intense guy.
 
raggedjimmi said:
I thought it was a little much but I've shouted at my computer when its gone haywire
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Me too, many a time in the past at work :eek: Windows eh? :D
Good job I had my own office, turned the air blue sometimes.

Didn't Bale get arrested for allegedly attacking his mum in London not long ago?
Good actor though.

Edit: Why So Serious? ;)
 
PS this reminds me of the start of a song by Skeewiff called It's All Gone...
It's a recording of some guy calling a computer repair shop (could be AppleCare) and freaking out that his hard drive got wiped. Hilarious.
 
drlunanerd said:
Didn't Bale get arrested for allegedly attacking his mum in London not long ago?
Good actor though.
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I remember that a few weeks ago. Given that he's back filming he must have been let off. Which I'm not sure I agree with (beating up your mum and sister? nono).
 
raggedjimmi said:
I thought it was a little much but I've shouted at my computer when its gone haywire. It may have been a bit of an extreme outburst but he always struck me as a bit of an intense guy.
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I thought he was pretty calm, given the situation I'm thinking he was in. I can think of one time when I was much worse. It was a very messy and uncomfortable scene. Each time we did it, the set had to be completely cleaned up and I had to shower before we could shoot again. We had done the damn thing six times, and on the seventh, the dumbf*** cameraman forgot to turn on the camera. Director says, "Ok, we'll have to do that again!" At which point I'd had enough and said, "F*** you, f***ing Stanley godd*** Kubrick! You didn't get your scene? Too f***ing bad! Because I'm not doing it again! Get a cameraman that's not retarded!" It went on much longer than that with him trying to get me to do the scene again. I refused because it was about three in the morning, the scene was extremely tough and I'd had enough. Trust me, you get very frustrated and have no patience for people who aren't paying attention to what they need to be doing.
 
Christian Bale has been my favorite actor for a decade. He is a true actor and extremely passionate about his work. Look at his weight loss for Machinist then his gain within years fro Batman Begins.

That being said...

....anger management is absolutely necessary!
 
leekohler said:
I thought he was pretty calm, given the situation I'm thinking he was in. I can think of one time when I was much worse. It was a very messy and uncomfortable scene. Each time we did it, the set had to be completely cleaned up and I had to shower before we could shoot again. We had done the damn thing six times, and on the seventh, the dumbf*** cameraman forgot to turn on the camera. Director says, "Ok, we'll have to do that again!" At which point I'd had enough and said, "F*** you, f***ing Stanley godd*** Kubrick! You didn't get your scene? Too f***ing bad! Because I'm not doing it again! Get a cameraman that's not retarded!" It went on much longer than that with him trying to get me to do the scene again. I refused because it was about three in the morning, the scene was extremely tough and I'd had enough. Trust me, you get very frustrated and have no patience for people who aren't paying attention to what they need to be doing.
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... what exactly were you filming? :eek:
 
haiggy said:
... what exactly were you filming? :eek:
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An independent film in 2002. It only went on the film fest circuit. It was a sort of John Waters-esque vampire horror/comedy. So the scenes got very messy a lot of the time, and if you didn't get them in the first take, it was a huge drama to get everyone and the set cleaned up completely so it could be shot again. I'd showered so many times that my skin felt like the Sahara desert, plus we'd been shooting since about 4pm. There was a lot of technical stuff that had to happen at just the right moments.
 
From http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39984

Hey folks, Harry here... I'm getting slammed with assloads of people angry at me for not posting the Bale explosion from the set of McG's TERMINATOR: SALVATION. Well, first off - there's a real simple reason. It isn't news. And it certainly isn't cool news. It is a moment in a man's life taken completely out of context and most likely leaked to personally embarrass Christian Bale.

Now, I know what a lot of you are thinking... There's no excuse for a temper tantrum like that to ever occur and if you are going to act that way, you deserve to be embarrassed by your own actions.

Except, you want to hear the REALITY behind that clip?

I know this because I happen to be somewhere where someone that was there that day and for the shoot is. And this person isn't a publicist, nor are they invested in Bale's career. They're just someone that thinks it is absolute bull**** that this moment in Bale's life is being aired and that the real story should get out there.

The DP on TERMINATOR SALVATION, Shane Hurlbut, is a apparently a light tweaker. He's a fairly young DP and likes to fiddle with his lights on set during action, which is a big "NO NO" on most productions unless worked out in advance with performers. But apparently Shane was a pretty unrepentant light tweaker.

The scene in question, was a very emotional and tough scene between Christian Bale and Bryce Howard. A scene that required soul bearing and a deep level of immersive concentration. The sort of scene where everyone on set knows not to get in anyone's eye lines, and definitely not to move lights around while FILMING. You lock that **** down before the scene starts.

Bale had indeed warned the DP on multiple occasions about messing with lights while the cameras were rolling, and Bale was in the midst of a painful scene with Bryce, what was described to me as being the emotional center of the film and his character for the film.

Now, the reason I know all of this is because the person that was there, felt that it should be made perfectly clear that Christian Bale was the utmost gentleman and cool guy on set. And the DP really was doing something that professional DPs with experience just don't do. Not during a performance.

You don't need me to give you a link, it's all over the internet, I just felt that you should know what really went down - and that this particular outburst did indeed modify the DP's behavior - and for future DPs. **** with the lights before and after your actors are acting. Not during.
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leekohler said:
Who cares? Everyone freaks out at their job at one point or another.
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That depends entirely on whether you regard vulgar speech as acceptable or not - many people don't.

And whether you do or not, he needs anger management judging by that reel posted above.
 
leekohler said:
If you've ever done film work, you know how long the hours are and how frustrating it can be.

......After several hours and doing many scenes repeatedly, your patience wears very thin.
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I'm sorry, but there are a LOT of jobs where you end up like this. If you did this in any other field, you'd be done. I'm not sure why this type of attitude or treatment of another person is acceptable in entertainment, but it certainly isn't in most other high-stress jobs.

I've yelled. I've yelled at my professor. I can understand yelling, but this attack went on for 5 minutes without letting up. I'd complain to the boss and let the boss handle the lighting guy.


Saying that, I'm not his boss, so I can't fire him. ;) Actually, I wouldn't.
 
James L said:
There's always a back story, and thanks for sharing that.

Having said that, his behaviour was still childish and unprofessional.
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And I'm sure he never blew a line, missed a mark or otherwise required a scene to be done again in the course of the entire shoot.
 
Melrose said:
That depends entirely on whether you regard vulgar speech as acceptable or not - many people don't.

And whether you do or not, he needs anger management judging by that reel posted above.
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It's an artistic endeavor, guys. It's a very different way of working. This isn't a day at the office. No HR person is going to have pity on you because someone yelled at you in this kind of situation. It doesn't work that way. If you cause a scene to get screwed by some action of yours, especially a scene like the one described above, you're gonna get your a** reamed, and you SHOULD. Because not only did you break the concentration of the actors, but you just wasted a huge amount of cash.

Abstract said:
I'm sorry, but there are a LOT of jobs where you end up like this. If you did this in any other field, you'd be done. I'm not sure why this type of attitude or treatment of another person is acceptable in entertainment, but it certainly isn't in most other high-stress jobs.

I've yelled. I've yelled at my professor. I can understand yelling, but this attack went on for 5 minutes without letting up. I'd complain to the boss and let the boss handle the lighting guy.


Saying that, I'm not his boss, so I can't fire him. ;) Actually, I wouldn't.
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Wrong. I'm in advertising. Ask anyone who's seriously screwed up something of mine what happens.

Steve Mannix said:
And I'm sure he never blew a line, missed a mark or otherwise required a scene to be done again in the course of the entire shoot.
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Do that enough times, and you'll be fired.
 
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