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Christian Bale freaking out

Let's all just agree the man's got a very short fuse and no self control when things don't go his way. The fact is, this isn't just about someone blowing their lines during a scene, it's about giving someone respect and treating them with decency. It speaks volumes about you as a person depending on how you react in these situations.

Screaming abuses and insults at someone is childish and demeaning... in any other context you could be arrested for harassment.
 
Why do we as a society care so damn much what celebrities do?

Honestly.
 
Melrose said:
Let's all just agree the man's got a very short fuse and no self control when things don't go his way. The fact is, this isn't just about someone blowing their lines during a scene, it's about giving someone respect and treating them with decency. It speaks volumes about you as a person depending on how you react in these situations.

Screaming abuses and insults at someone is childish and demeaning... in any other context you could be arrested for harassment.
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How about this? Until you've been in the situation, reserve your judgment. ;) Like I said, I've behaved on sets in ways I'm not too proud of either. It's a very different kind of work.

NT1440 said:
Why do we as a society care so damn much what celebrities do?

Honestly.
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Because people want to dish dirt and gossip about people and situations they know nothing about. Makes us feel better.
 
leekohler said:
How about this? Until you've been in the situation, reserve your judgment. ;) Like I said, I've behaved on sets in ways I'm not too proud of either. It's a very different kind of work.
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Yeh you're right. I guess job stress is a golden ticket to do whatever you want. I stand corrected. :rolleyes:
 
leekohler said:
How about this? Until you've been in the situation, reserve your judgment. ;)
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You mean in the situation where someone screwed up something that I did? No, I wouldn't do what Christian Bale did.

It's not about your occupation, and you don't need to be an actor to be in his situation. You say it is, but being in one industry doesn't give you any more right to yell at someone for 5 minutes. It's about respect, and if you think being an actor, or being in a creative field gives you the right to do so, then I need to ask you why.
 
leekohler said:
How about this? Until you've been in the situation, reserve your judgment. ;) Like I said, I've behaved on sets in ways I'm not too proud of either. It's a very different kind of work.
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Sorry, but irrelevant.

The issue here isn't that someone on the set was not acting professionally, it was the temper tantrum the actor had over it. If the actor was a professional he would have handled it in a much different manner.

I have been a full time paramedic in a high call volume urban city for over 10 years. Not to be dramatic, but if myself or a coworker drops the ball where I work it can mean life or death sometimes. The stakes can be high. If that ever did happen, we would in NO way act like the child Christian Bale acted like here.

I am not saying he didn't have a right to be upset, I'm not saying someone didn't screw up.... I am saying there is no defense for his temper tantrum.
 
leekohler said:
How about this? Until you've been in the situation, reserve your judgment. ;) Like I said, I've behaved on sets in ways I'm not too proud of either. It's a very different kind of work.



Because people want to dish dirt and gossip about people and situations they know nothing about. Makes us feel better.
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To your first point this is why actor's should not be put up on pedestals. It is a job, just like every other job that's out there. They just happen to get more glory than regular folks do. While I can certainly understand the pressures of the job, I to am in a high pressure job with lots of money on the line I would never act like that, not saying that I have not come close.

To the second point, it is very sad how as a society we have to turn to celebrities downfalls to make us feel good about our mediocre lives. My life is defiantly interesting enough to really care that some actor was seen on a beach kissing a sea lion or another actor blowing his top. Can't stand how much attention we give these people for doing a job.
 
Abstract said:
You mean in the situation where someone screwed up something that I did? No, I wouldn't do what Christian Bale did.

It's not about your occupation, and you don't need to be an actor to be in his situation. You say it is, but being in one industry doesn't give you any more right to yell at someone for 5 minutes. It's about respect, and if you think being an actor, or being in a creative field gives you the right to do so, then I need to ask you why.
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I didn't necessarily say it was right, but I most certainly understand it. It happens. I've been there. Tempers fly like nothing you've ever seen. But at the end of the day, believe it or not, everybody's still friends.

Everyone likes to sit around and call people a**holes when things like this come out. But the reality is, no one knows what the context was.
 
Until he starts foaming at the mouth and chokes on his own vomit, he is just another drama queen the newsies created -- since they had no life of their own.
 
I find it weird as many are defending him saying he was right in yelling, etc....

Yet many past friends say he has an extreme temper problem and this shows it. When I yell at someone at work, it is for a minute or so....not 4 minutes...nor do I threaten and continue demeaning after my point is gotten across
 
leekohler said:
How about this? Until you've been in the situation, reserve your judgment. ;) Like I said, I've behaved on sets in ways I'm not too proud of either. It's a very different kind of work.

Because people want to dish dirt and gossip about people and situations they know nothing about. Makes us feel better.
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I posted this merely because I found his extreme over-reaction amusing. I wasn't trying to make a statement or negative comment, because I quite enjoy his acting.

However, "It's a very different kind of work" is no excuse. The world of work isn't acting vs every other job. Where I work we're going through a busy period of 24 hour shifts and constant pressure. Things are on the line here too. But when things go wrong it's always more productive to be mature about it, and I'm not talking about 'mature' language.
 
You guys are so funny with your holier than thou attitudes. Could he have used more self restraint, probably, but it cracks me up to see people judging like they have never gone off on someone and they all know exactly what the situation was like. I wish I could be as omniscient as some people. :rolleyes:

Either way though, the remix was pretty funny. :D
 
Diatribe said:
You guys are so funny with your holier than thou attitudes. Could he have used more self restraint, probably, but it cracks me up to see people judging like they have never gone off on someone and they all know exactly what the situation was like. I wish I could be as omniscient as some people. :rolleyes:

Either way though, the remix was pretty funny. :D
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Thank you. 'Nuff said.
 
I think celebrities need to remind themselves we live in the age of cheap digital camcorders and smart cellphones with video recording capability, and the videos will end up on YouTube, Yahoo! Video or LiveLeak in extremely short order.

I wouldn't be surprised pretty soon that at major celebrity parties there will be a ban on cellphones equipped with a built-in camera. In short, non-camera cellphones could become popular again....
 
While Christian Bale probably shouldn't have freaked out so much. I can't help but think he was completely justified with his anger. God knows the circumstances other than the guy screwing around while Christian was doing a scene.

Let's not get to hyped up about this. God knows how many times people around the world get angry over something.
 
ucfgrad93 said:
Agreed, to me its not a big deal.
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I agree. I can imagine working on set for 12 hours on the same scenes, and just when you think you've got the scene just right some jerk is fiddling with the lights and steps into your shot. I would be very angry too, especially if he had been warned several times before.

In the age of Perez Hilton and TMZ, everyone is looking for the next "OMG?!?!?!."

"In an interview with E! Online, assistant director and producer of Terminator: Salvation Bruce Franklin said it was an isolated incident. "If you are working in a very intense scene and someone takes you out of your groove...It was the most emotional scene in the movie," said Franklin. "And for him to get stopped in the middle of it. He is very intensely involved in his character. He didn't walk around like that all day long. It was just a moment and it passed."

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b81964_christian_bale_f-bombs_terminator_set.html
 
Okay, I'll allow that it was a very emotional scene at the end of a very long day and the guy did something completely stupid and unprofessional after having been basically told not to **** with the lighting during scenes. Add in the fact that actors are artists and may tend to be more emotional than us mere mortals. All that factored in, I think 5 or 6 F-bombs would about cover it, don't you? Explode for maybe 30 seconds or a minute, then move on. This was over the top and completely uncalled for behavior.

-2 Respect for Christian Bale
 
zelmo said:
All that factored in, I think 5 or 6 F-bombs would about cover it, don't you? Explode for maybe 30 seconds or a minute, then move on. This was over the top and completely uncalled for behavior.
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I couldn't agree more. I think losing it at someone at all is hugely unprofessional, I don't agree with it, haven't done it myself, I don't expect to do it myself, but I accept it does happen. But that wasn't a frustrated outburst, that was a massive bullying tirade. There is no way for that kind of behaviour to be acceptable. I'm shocked that so many people think it is.
 
Lau said:
I couldn't agree more. I think losing it at someone at all is hugely unprofessional, I don't agree with it, haven't done it myself, I don't expect to do it myself, but I accept it does happen. But that wasn't a frustrated outburst, that was a massive bullying tirade. There is no way for that kind of behaviour to be acceptable. I'm shocked that so many people think it is.
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I agree. He obviously has an anger problem. He's already been in the news for other anger issues. When it's been a long day and someone messes up a scene, it's okay to flip out for a couple seconds. But get over it and go on. You're only killing years off your life by raising your blood pressure.
 
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