Posted Feb 3rd 2009 2:38PM by TMZ Staff
It 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.
Filed under: Movies, Celebrity Feuds, Christian Bale
Tags: christian bale, ChristianBale, terminator salvation, TerminatorSalvation
Posted Feb 2nd 2009 6:11PM by TMZ Staff
WARNING: THIS AUDIO CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE
You may remember that Christian Bale went nuts on the set of "Terminator Salvation" a few months back, threatening to stop production and beat some serious ass.
The incident was audiotaped, and it's amazing. It happened on the set after a director of photography accidentally ruined a scene by walking onto the set. Bale lost it, screaming, yelling and threatening to quit if the bosses didn't fire the dude.
Film execs sent the tape to the insurance company that insured the film in case Bale bailed.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Movies, Christian Bale
Posted Feb 2nd 2009 4:13PM by TMZ Staff
Not every Batman is a raging, angry lunatic -- in fact, the caped crusader who launched the movie franchise, Michael Keaton, was the coolest cat ever when almost every person at the Tampa airport approached him for a picture.
FYI -- Here's the list: Wilson, Lowery, West, Keaton, Kilmer, Clooney, Bale
Filed under: Movies, Christian Bale
Tags: batman, michael keaton, MichaelKeaton
Posted Dec 26th 2008 1:23AM by TMZ Staff
Seems everyone in the world has seen "The Dark Knight" –- everyone except about a billion Chinese folks.
That's because "DK" hasn't been released by Warner Bros. in mainland China, reports the Huffington Post, because of "prerelease conditions" and "cultural sensitivities." There's a scene that takes place in Hong Kong where Batman corrals a gangster, and another involving a famous actor who got caught up in a sex-pic scandal, and those scenes may have worried the studio.
Of course, as HuffPost points out, bootlegs have been available for months in China.
Filed under: Movies, Christian Bale
Tags: Batman, Christian Bale, ChristianBale, The Dark Knight, TheDarkKnight
Posted Dec 4th 2008 6:15PM by TMZ Staff
One autograph hunter needed a Bale-out last night -- when he got in the Dark Knight's way. You never mess with the Batman when his wife is waiting...
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Christian Bale
Tags: Christian Bale, ChristianBale
Posted Sep 8th 2008 5:51PM by TMZ Staff
Batman and Mr. Freeze. John Connor and The Terminator.
Arnold Schwarzenegger hit Brentwood yesterday to have lunch with Christian Bale -- the guy who keeps taking over the movie franchises he starred in first. No word if Christian ordered his own meal ... or just finished off whatever Arnold had.
Filed under: Movies, Christian Bale, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tags: arnold schwarzenegger, ArnoldSchwarzenegger, christian bale, ChristianBale
Posted Aug 24th 2008 2:02PM by TMZ Staff
Right about the time your cutemeter explodes, tiny actress Jadagrace defends Christian Bale's "Terminator" tantrum by saying he's as nice as can be. But who could possibly be mean to her ...
The kicker: When our photog asks her if she wants to say "hey" to any friends at TMZ ... just watch it.
Filed under: Movies, Christian Bale
Tags: jadagrace
Posted Aug 14th 2008 1:24PM by TMZ Staff
Looks like Batman's mom was robbin', because the case against Christian Bale is over.
Bale will not be charged in the alleged assault against his mother at a London hotel last month.
We told you days after Bale was busted that it looked like a shakedown for $$$. Looks like the Brits felt the same way.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Christian Bale
Posted Jul 29th 2008 5:05PM by TMZ Staff
So you're the star of one of the biggest movies ever. It's pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars. And you fly from the Tokyo premiere back home to LAX -- COMMERCIAL!
Not only did Bale fly with the commoners, he had to push his own luggage cart with an incredibly heavy trunk, forcing him to move at a snail's pace, rendering him helpless in front of the pappers.
Oh the humanity.
Filed under: Christian Bale
Tags: Christian Bale, ChristianBale
Posted Jul 25th 2008 1:42PM by TMZ Staff
Batman is on the loose again.
After a crazy week of premieres, cops and allegedly assaulting his mom, Christian Bale got out of Dodge by flying out of London's Heathrow airport on Friday.
Gotham City awaits his return.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Fly Me, Christian Bale
Tags: Christian Bale, ChristianBale
Posted Jul 24th 2008 9:05AM by TMZ Staff
No Freudian slip for Christian Bale this morning.
He was in Barcelona this morning shilling for "The Dark Knight," and when asked about Mummygate and ... we got nothin'. He'd only say the incident was a "deeply personal matter."
As we reported yesterday, Bale has been estranged from his mom for decades and his peeps smell $hakedown.
Filed under: Christian Bale
Posted Jul 23rd 2008 5:28PM by TMZ Staff
After a busy day in jail on Tuesday, Christian Bale got back to promoting his film and hit up "The Dark Knight" premiere in Barcelona today.
We're told he signed autographs... but didn't answer any reporter questions. Of course he didn't.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Christian Bale
Tags: Christian Bale, ChristianBale
Posted Jul 23rd 2008 1:00PM by TMZ Staff
Sources tell TMZ Christian Bale has had a long-standing difficult relationship with his mom and Bale's camp believes the motivation for the whole assault charge may be $$$.
We're told when Christian's mom and dad divorced nearly two decades ago, his mom forced him to choose between the two. Christian picked his dad, and father and son moved out to L.A. in 1992, where his dad became his manager.
Somehow Bale's relationship with the mom has been "bitter" ever since. Bale has told friends his mother was extremely jealous of both his and his dad's success.
Last Sunday, Bale let his mom and sis into his hotel suite, though it was by no means an olive branch. As we first reported, there was physical contact, but somewhere in between a push and a brush. No one fell and no one was hurt.
Christian's camp thinks this could be nothing more than a shakedown. We're told some newspapers and mags have already been throwing around "insane" amounts of money for the story, so mom and sis could score big.
But our sources say the cops are starting to see the whole thing Christian's way, and the charges could disappear faster than Batman.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Christian Bale
Tags: Christian Bale, ChristianBale
