Comments on: Christian Bale in on-set tirade

By: ff

ff — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:38:50 +0000

Every time I read about this my first thought is always that he’s still in character - which character though, is anyone’s guess.

I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because he’s always been low key and not prone to fits of pique onless it’s in a role.

I’d guess that there’s a strain on one of his close relationships somewhere along the line and that he’s feeling under extra pressure as a result. Playing lots of intense characters back to back and then promoting them heavily doesn’t help either, especially not when you’re as heavily method as he is.

He might want to take some time off or line up playing a happy-go-lucky character in something lite. I mean, Batman, and then John Connor? At least Cameron’s not directing the Terminator movie that would be superintense. (That said, why did they have to pick McG? Why?)

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By: I choose me

I choose me — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:07:15 +0000

Wait for more Bale is really a jerk and has ‘always’ had a bad temper stories. Suddenly everybody and their mama will have ’stories.’

Not to mention the ‘I always thought he looked shifty and he has crazy eyes bullshit.

*Sigh* Welcome to fame.

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By: Alli

Alli — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:48:18 +0000

I agree with Joe — ever since that movie for which he got crazy skinny (and then had to bulk up again), Bale has had crazy eyes, overdeveloped muscles and that weird flat skin sheen that steroid users get.

I can see that his family may have been jerks, but ‘roids do not help keep the temper in check. Hopefully after Terminator he’ll pick a part where he doesn’t have to poison his body to “look good”.

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By: Aspen

Aspen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:32:20 +0000

Everyone makes a big deal out of the fact that it was his mother. If she was lashing out at his wife…then bad on her, not him. My mother-in-law has a history of being HORRID to me. She hates me…for nothing more complicated than: Her only child fell in love, got married, and moved away…and that’s my fault. She says nasty things about me and in FRONT of me all the time. My husband gets irritated and backs her down every time. If Bale’s mother was being a witch that day and Bale was in a bad mood and sick of hearing it…I can see how a perfectly decent and normal man could put a rough hand on her shoulder and push her away with a loud shout like “back off” or whatever. I love how it has automatically been reported as(in lots of the articles about it) “Bale being mean to his mom.” Whatever. We don’t know what happened, yet.

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By: ri23

ri23 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:52:25 +0000

Nan, nope. I’m in the US. Yeah,I had to look it up online. Here…just a sec. “In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the United States, assault refers only to the threat of violence.”

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By: Nan

Nan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:47:53 +0000

Help. Where is the law? I refuse to believe you can get arrested in the US for talking smack.

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By: Nan

Nan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:45:39 +0000

ri23, where did you find that info? Interesting. Are you Canadian?

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By: ri23

ri23 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:19:35 +0000

@Nan: The US actually does have that law. Home of the brave? Mneh. I’d rather live in the land of the free…healthcare.

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By: Nan

Nan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:05:40 +0000

Daisy, that was brilliant! If you don’t mind, I will borrow that phrase for the rest of my life.

Can you be brought up on charges of verbal assault in the UK? There’s no way that mentality would fly here in the US, the home of the brave, indeed.

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By: czarina

czarina — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:13:13 +0000

Actually, I was not thinking so much about Bale’s altercation with his mother and sister (I definately DO reserve judgment on that, because his mother and sister may very well be money-grubbing sponges, who knows?)
What I was talking about was the things I’ve been reading of his screaming tantrums on the set of different movies, and several posts by people who claim to have met him who said he was a real jerk.
That being said, I haven’t met him myself, so you are right gg, I should reserve judgement.
However, my post was less about just Bale, than about all these celebs who show such childish, egotistical behavior.
For such a rational population, we (in, say, North America), tend to want to believe the best about celebs–that if we met them we’d find them gracious and kind and considerate, etc. We WANT to believe (like Mulder!!) that celebs are not jerks who don’t deserve their adulation.
So, I think in that regard, at least, considering what they make and the life they are able to lead, it’s not too much to ask that they act like decent people towards others.
Truly, I have very little tolerance for anyone who thinks they can treat people badly because they have money, fame, power or whatever.

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