It certainly hasn’t taken long, since yesterday’s news of Christian Bale’s princess-y meltdown on the set of Terminator: Salvation. Here, via Slog Tipper Michelle, is the (pretty damn catchy) Dance Remix:

Here is the inevitable (and poorly-put-together) David O. Russell/Christian Bale onset catfight. Here is Ain’t It Cool nerd Harry Knowles (who should know because, in his words, “I know this because I happen to be somewhere where someone that was there that day and for the shoot is.”) defending Christian Bale:

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.

I have yet to see a Michael Richards/Christian Bale remix, but Slog Tipper Scary Tyler Moore adds, with apologies to Dorothy Parker, some poetic commentary.

I’d rather drink sewage from a pail
Than see a film with Christian Bale.

Thanks to Michelle and Scary and, I suppose, in a roundabout way, Christian Bale.

22 replies on “Re: “You want me to fuckin’ trash your lights?””

  3. Wow. Deep levels of soul-baring and immersive concentration on the part of actors in a TERMINATOR movie.

    Maybe Mr. Bale just needs to lighten up.

  6. So I finally listen to this thing & it’s pretty lame. So he’s upset and he screams. Wooptedoo. He hardly seems like a monster or even roided out. Just a little high strung. Within par for “creative types”

  7. Sorry – light tweakers at the Stranger – cold story – old news

    Lots of posts YESTERDAY, which contained the same asumptions about the light guy.

    NEWS, NEW, FUCKNG idiots fucking us with this stale FUCKING stuff … fuckers. please get on the fuckling stick.

  8. I do g&e work in NYC and this is all pretty standard stuff. You don’t move during a rehearsal, and definitely not during a take. I’d say it was a rookie mistake, but this guy shoud’ve learned this back in film school.

  11. That quote from Harry at AICN is fucking hilarious. How can someone who makes his living as a writer be so completely retarded at forming coherent sentences?

  16. I just listened to the audio. I found myself sympathizing with Bale more than the DP. Incompetence is annoying in all its forms. If he’d done it once, and it was an accident, maybe I feel sorry for the DP. But it sounds like it was a recurring problem. Sure, Bale’s reaction was over the top, but it seems like it was about him caring about getting a good take, versus, like, his coffee being cold or something totally trivial.

  20. how is christian a “monster”? how much is he being paid? how much of christian’s time did that ass-wipe waste? shouldn’t he be charged for that time? the furor over the “obscene” language is over-blown. Haven’t we all thought the same things? we criticize him for letting those thoughts out? you’re an idiot.

  21. I lalalalalove Christian Bale and I’ve yet to witness anything that’s going to change that. Don’t you think someone would catch you doing something douchey at some point of your life if you were in front of cameras (authorized or not) the majority of your life?

  22. Sorry, utter incompetence at work fries my ass too. I’d have yelled at the dumb bastard myself if I were doing anything that required concentration. So he yelled at the guy, big fucking deal. Now the guy goes and cries to the whole Interwebz about how Christian Bale was mean to him. He reminds me of that idiot who was crying and saying Leave Britney Alone.

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