What don't you fucking understand!?!

Ok, so I had a post planned for today, but some news came across my computer screen that had me cancel all plans until I posted it.

Hopefully, you all know who the actor Christian Bale is. Actually, I hope you knew who he was prior to the 2 Batman films because if you didn't, you are missing some great performances. Well, right now, he is filming/wrapping up the new Terminator films. Well, it seems someone on the set really pissed him off and well, Bale went balistic. Below is the link where you can listen to the long tirade where you can clearly hear Bale in need of a hug. Just in case you don't already know, this is NOT safe to listen to at work unless they don't mind "Fuck" multiple times. Again, this is audio only....

http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=11909

Pretty intense guy, huh? Here is an explanation of the event from Aintitcool.com

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 bullshit 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 shit 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 se... most of the time. And the DP was doing something that professional DPs with experience just don't do. At least 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. For future DPs: Fuck with the lights before and after your actors are acting. Not during.


Well, because we live in the internet age, it would not be long before someone took this clip and made a funny video out of it. This video is HILARIOUS, but ONLY if you have heard the above sound clip.