Christian Bale is a nut job!!!!!

[Cosmicman]

Yeah, I firmly believe that Christian Bale is a nut job.

Someone left the audio running during the filming of Terminator 4 when Christian lost his mind on a light guy who accidentally was behind him while he was rehearsing a scene.

Wasn't there something awhile ago about this guy hitting his mother? Yeah, this guy is nuts. Listen to this!!

YouTube - Christian Bale Goes ApeSh#t on Terminator 4 set

[toys2cool]

yeah they just posted this one here today,definitely a nut.But I still like him

[Vortigern99]

Sometimes people yell at each other and act irrationally. It happens. We're human. It doesn't mean he's a nut job. This happened lat July, and by now Bale has probably apologized to the DP. It's none of our business.

[Mikey]

I think he's a rather boring actor.

It seems like anything he ever plays in he's awfully stiff.

He's got no personality on-screen.

Kind of reminds me of Keanu Reeves or Tom Cruise

[Gorn Captain]

Maybe he's training to take over the role of The Joker?

The light guy should have answered: "Why so serious?!"

[thunderbolt]

He never hit his mother, it was verbal abuse, which is punishable under English law.

[Vortigern99]

Also, BTW, the allegations by his mother and sister were for verbal assault, which is illegal in the UK. They did not pursue the charges and the police dropped the case.

I just think it's important to get the facts straight. He did not "hit his mother" as the opening post declares.

EDIT: Thunderbolt, exactly.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I'm sure Bale isn't the first Hollywood actor to scream at the crew. This was just caught on tape, and he plays a heroic character in Batman, so he's held up to a higher standard by the media than other actors.

There are several actors who worked with Christopher Reeve that claimed he was a stuck-up snob. But now he is remembered as a tireless advocate for the impaired.

I've gone off and screamed at people too when I was stressed out. Doesn't mean I'm a nut job.

The thing with Bale's mother seemed to blow over. And you know the media wouldn't have let that go if there was much to it. Far too juicy.

Val Kilmer is by nearly all accounts a real tool. But for the time, he was a decent Batman, and I really enjoyed him in other roles, esp. Tombstone.

Very few Hollywood actors have good reps of being down-to-earth people. It's part and parcel with the lifestyle. It may have to do with the fact that they feel they can't have a normal life and are constantly on edge so their foibles don't make it out to the public...like this.

Chris

[Werewolf]

Talk about anger management issues.

This really isn't defendable behavior. If you or I behaved like this on the job, you'd more than likely get fired or at the very least put on suspension. Heck most places probably would have security take you off to jail.

If you like his movies or him as an actor, great. I neither like nor dislike him as an actor. But if you took a step back and looked at it objectively you'd see this is not defendable behavior. You don't exploded like that on the job or in public.

[Mego Milk]

Awesome.

Stay the "EFF" out of Batman's way!

[Vortigern99]

I've worked at jobs in sales and in the food industry where yelling and profanity were the default managerial style. I've used angry, irrational language in speaking to my wife and she has done so with me, and neither of us is a "nut job." It is defensible insofar as anger is a normal human foible.

I'm not saying it's "right" to yell at your co-workers, I'm saying that sometimes it happens and fortunately for the rest of us, we aren't audio recorded doing it.

[Werewolf]

It is defensible insofar as anger is a normal human foible.

No, it is not defendable behavior in any way shape or form.

I'm honestly quite shocked and and disappointed that people feel the need to defend this behavior. I am also surprised that an allowed managerial style would contain verbal abuse. I can't fathom that would be allowed anymore with the growing concerns and understanding of workplace harassment and violence.

[Mikey]

Everybody get's mad and wants to yell at their coworkers at some time, but most don't because they have self control and know the consequences of their actions would be damaging to themselves... It's a forum of mental self preservation to not act like a madman

People who do not have this self control are unstable.

The movie industry is a prime place for CREATING people like this because they can take any normal person and turn them into a monster.... Letting them believe they are so great that they can do anything they want.

It's actually a form of absolute power corrupting absolutely.

[Vortigern99]

It's defensible not as a "right" action but simply as an error that is common to most if not all human beings the world over. Have you never yelled at someone, lost your temper and regretted it afterward? It's a mistake but it doesn't warrant the kind of "OMG THE HORROR!" statements that people are making against Bale. So he used the f-word and criticised the guy for ruining the shot. So what? It's a professional matter between these two men and no one else except perhaps the production company.

[Mikey]

So he used the f-word and criticised the guy for ruining the shot. So what?

It was more then that.
He basically spazzed out.
People who spazz usually have a deeper psychological problem hidden below.
It's just not a normal reaction.