Originally posted by Phantom Zone
Nobodies pefect the guy had done it multiple times before, and he was willing to forget about it. Also he doesnt have a reputation for doing stuff like that...give the guy a break.
I did give him a break, I said he was within his rights to be irritated. Just not to be quite so extreme about it 🙂
Originally posted by Phantom Zone
Well you did say he sounded like an arrogant prentitous prick, thats kinda like negating the giving-the-breakness.
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He did sound like an arrogant, pretentious dick, there's no denying that. He quite probably was justified in becoming agitated but as I said before there was no need for him to be so over the top about it. All I'm sayin' shrug
Originally posted by KidRock
I think it was real. Guy sounded so angry his Welsh accent came out.
Hah! Ive heard the full rant now on youtube.
(There has to be something wrong with my quicktime or it needs updating.)
That was actually a thick London accent, not Welsh.
I think Bale was trying to keep in character despite his rage.
I also think his job of communication through ranting might have been doen around 2:40ish, the rest of it was overkill, IMHO
The DP had listened, taken a proper dressing down by Bale on set,
The director had aquiesed to Bale's demands.... Just seemed like overkill when he flipped out and appeared to go for the guy.
But anyways, I agree that Bale couldnt be distracted during a scene and was. But repeatedly threatening to kick the guy's ass was a bit unneccesary and lowered Bale to a fairly unprofessional level himself.
Having said that the DP should around that point just shut up and take it on board and not wind up Bale any further by trying to explain anything further/talk back.
In Bale's favour..... He acknowledged that it wasn't personal, telling the guy that he actually liked the guy, but just couldnt put up with the intrusions.
And he did give the guy the chance to atone by stating that "If it happened again he'd walk if the guy was still hired."
But like I said, overkill over the last minute.
I don't understand why this is such a big deal really, Christian Bale is certainly not the first actor who throws a tantrum on set.
Yes the tantrum was a bit much but for all we know he might have been having bad day and reacted it out on the first person that pushed it that little bit too far. It happens, he is not the first actor to overreact because of something stupid, the only difference is they have an audio tape of it.
I agree, it's not a big deal especially when we don't know exactly what lead up to the outburst or what may have transpired afterwards. Perhaps, Bale later apologized. As a topic of discussion though, it is rare that we get to hear the actual outburst. Usually, we only get to hear about these stories from third hand accounts. It's also very easy for people on the outside of the entertainment industry to criticize these types of events. Especially when it's a big name like Bale who is caught belittling someone on the film crew.
To be fair. If the DP was indeed in frame during a shot there is little to excuse that but unless he ruined an expensive effects shot he did not deserve to be called out and threatened like that. Those types of moments are common occurrences on a movie set and instead of laughing it off or giving a professional acknowledgment, Bale completely belittled that man. Whether or not these types of outbursts happen often on movie sets doesn't excuse them from happening. Actors take numerous takes for one shot. They are being paid insane amounts of money for, at most, several weeks of work. It is very hard to understand and defend an actor when you hear about things like this unfolding on a set. If Bale wants to be an ass hole away from his job thats cool but it's not his place to confront the film crew like that. I will say though, It sounds like McG pussied out and let Bale continue on with his ranting 😂