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  • #31
    Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

    Originally posted by writerly
    methinks McG is behind the leak but I don't know for sure.
    Doubt it. The fiasco makes him and the DP look like pantylines.
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    • #32
      Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

      I gotta go with White Album. Bale has always come across as a brewing snapshow.
      Half a bubble off level... systems normal.

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      • #33
        Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

        Originally posted by roscoegino View Post
        And McG let Bale blow some steam. I would have allowed him to do the same...within reason of course. And Bale had a reason.
        It may have been within reason to be upset. But not go ballistic over it. Pull McG to the side and threaten to walk if this is not handled right away. But when these outbursts and rants occur, it changes the environmental air on the set. What used to be acceptable working conditions is now a nervous eggshell environment no one wants to tread on. I would not have allowed Christian to do that. And perhaps that's just me. I have other people's feelings to think about. I surely would have given Shane a private tongue lashing. But there is also something called tact. Any issue can wait to be discussed in a more civilized manner. It doesn't have to be addressed at that very moment and no one deserves to be called out and belittled on every single mistake.

        Great actors are the ones able to stay in character and hold that character's emotions amid crazy circumstances. In my opinion, Christian Bale is not a great actor. If you can't stay in character and lose focus as someone knocks over a stack of drinking cups in craft service, then perhaps an acting class is in order.

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        • #34
          Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

          Originally posted by wilsoneads View Post
          I'm one of the few people who think Bale was in the right here. What kind of moron DP wanders around in the middle of a shot when an actor is trying to concentrate? And it wasn't the first time. He'd clearly been doing sh*t like this all shoot (the old, no one sees the child act up the first 49 times. They only see the mom go apesh*t on him the 50th time). So all this is out of context and Bale has an anger problem but if I were in his position I would've been pissed too.
          Bull****. That is no excuse to be an a$$hole. If he got up in my face he would be eating through a straw. If I got fired, who cares... I don't need the money I make from writing to live off of.
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          • #35
            Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

            Code, have you ever dealt with a complete moron who keeps doing the same thing over and over again even though they know it pisses you off and even though they've been asked numerous times not to do it? I think we all know that person. And sooner or later, you just unload on them. Cause they're morons. That seems like what happened here. If the nice way doesn't work. And the firm nice way doesn't work. Well then maybe that person needs a kick in the a**.

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            • #36
              Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

              Makes you wonder if Bale did lash out at his mother and sister that time in London...

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              • #37
                Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

                There's an interesting tidbit over at AICN about this very matter...

                EJ

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                • #38
                  Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

                  I don't get it. He seemed so innocent in Empire Of The Sun. What the fock happened? I mean why the fock would he act like that? Who the fock does he think he is? Some big focking movie star?
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                  • #39
                    Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

                    I've seen actors go off over little things, but when listening to Christian Bale, and considering the amazing actor he is, and the subtle intensity he often brings to a role where it appears effortless, I'm sure he's putting his all into it and more (I can't imagine). It could have been an intense scene where timing, his emotional prep was essential, and to have a DP fudge it up, and not the first time it sounds like, I think he went easy on the guy. Like I said, I've seen actors go nuts over nothing.

                    Christian Bale is an amazing actor, he brings an emotion to a scene that isn't in your face, but it's there, we feel it, or at least I do. I'd be honored to work with an actor like him, and thought of him when writing my last script. I'd love it.

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                    • #40
                      Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

                      This type of anger should never be justified. Bale needs help... and fast. This episode may not be a career killer, but it can lead to further trouble down the road if left unchecked. One minute of kicking and screaming, perhaps I could understand. Four minutes long, and you need to see a specialist.

                      I also thought it was a good thing this wasn't some crazy prank McG and Co. were trying to pull on him by having Shane walk through the shot. He would have reacted the same way and totally killed the mood that it was just a joke.

                      Bale has done nothing I can categorize as amazing. The Dark Knight was entirely Heath Ledger and his superb acting. Not Bale's. So he still has a lot to prove in my opinion.

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                      • #41
                        Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

                        I've seen/heard much, much, much worse from actors.

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                        • #42
                          Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

                          Originally posted by Maclean View Post
                          I've seen/heard much, much, much worse from actors.
                          And even much worse from directors.
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                          • #43
                            Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

                            I'm with Scriptman. This level of anger shouldn't be swept under the carpet, ignored or excused.

                            And I hope Bale does get some help before he gravitates from words to violence. If he snaps and lays a hand on someone a screwed up scene will be the least of his problems.

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                            • #44
                              Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

                              Sounds like the dude needs a li'l more baby laxative in his mix.
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                              • #45
                                Re: For any of us who dream of working with Christian Bale...

                                Personally, I can't wait til Bale's sequel to the tirade. In the meantime, this is easy to dance to:

                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTihsJQHt48

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