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"T4" Producer -- Bale's Tantrum Was No Biggie

Posted Feb 3rd 2009 2:38PM by TMZ Staff

Click to listenIt turns out Christian Bale's expletive-filled, volcanic explosion on the set of "Terminator Salvation" was a "non-event"... according to a guy who wasn't the brunt of Bale's tirade.

Bruce Franklin -- assistant director and associate producer on the film -- told us "Christian is a method actor and was completely immersed in his scene ... his reaction was from the heat of the moment."

The target of Bale's attack -- a director of photography named Shane Hurlbut -- was not fired from the movie, despite Christian's threat that if Shane screwed up one more time, he should be kicked to the curb.

Franklin said Bale was under a lot of pressure because of his crazy "Dark Knight" promotion schedule, and that the crew -- Hurlbut included -- ended up shooting for another seven hours.

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811. The rant went on too long but it makes you wonder what this crew member was pulling to set it off like this; you DON'T walk into a scene, not ONCE but TWICE if not more! What an idiot....and this was a big production. I would have been furious and appalled as an actor/actress watching this and it sounds like the guy was flippant about it. The director/producer should have been losing his mind, footage lost is money lost. It's interesting that Bale flipped but if he was playing an intense scene, was in character, or lost the edge of a scene because doofus was dancing in and out of the frame. I don't blame him for becoming very, very VERBAL about it. He seems to be wired pretty tight anyway, leaves quite a wake, etc.

Posted at 12:12PM on Feb 22nd 2009 by interesting

812. omg... its really not that big a freaking deal... sounds like the guy was in the way of the shot and in the scene... and Christian gave a piece of it!!! well said Mr. Bale... if some one is hired to do a job do it right... and its not like the dude he was yelling at didnt have a voice in it... he had much to say as well... two grown men solving their problems openly whats the FAULT in that... at least he didnt Chris brown the dude.

Posted at 7:28PM on Feb 23rd 2009 by etaerc

813. i was laughing the whole time. Efffen funny.

Posted at 1:02AM on Feb 26th 2009 by Suzie Cue

814. First of all I have never heard of that clown. He doesn't have enough
rank on his shoulder or meat on his a$$ to be considered note worthy.-
He isn't important enough for even a first glance let alone a second
glance. NEXT !!!!!!!!!

Posted at 5:57PM on Mar 8th 2009 by CactusMan

815. I really dont see the problem here. He behaved like an asshole. Lots of people behave like assholes. I do beleive when he threatened to kick my ass he would have had it to do. But then that is me.

I think the director makes the corrections in a movie. I can see telling the director and him correcting the mistake or the incompetence or whatever the hell it is called.

It is funny when you think about it. Clint Eastwood use to carry camera equipment to the truck and to scenes when he was an actor. I guess it was just a different time.

Posted at 2:32PM on May 4th 2009 by afram

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