Batman going American Psycho on Terminator Set

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Dark Knight actor Christian Bale wants to do a f***in’ scene and he doesn’t want no f***in’ distractions! I guess his Directory of Photography doesn’t understand that.

  (Angry Christian Bale Beatdown on Terminator Set)

NSFW for language

 I wish he can do this again in Batman voice.

UPDATE:

Taken From Aint It Cool News: 

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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.

Bale had indeed warned the DP on multiple occasions about messing with lights while the cameras were rolling, and Bale was in the midst of a painful scene with Bryce, what was described to me as being the emotional center of the film and his character for the film.
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Another Update: I can haz remix!

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