It's old news that Christian Bale went ballistic on the set of
Terminator Salvation when the director of photography, Shane Hurlbut, accidentally walked into his line of vision and distracted him from completing the scene. It caused quite a stir in the industry when witnesses reported that this caused Bale to unleash on Hurlbut with a seemingly endless number of obscenities in front of the cast and crew. The latest news is that someone leaked an audio recording of the tirade to TMZ's
web site - and it isn't pretty. Although the producer immediately went into damage control with the predictable story that it was "just a passing moment" and that Bale is always Mr. Nice Guy, this is the height of arrogant star power. Making matters worse is the fact that Bale isn't just abusing the guy who brings the coffee to the set, but the director of photography, who he threatens to do physical damage to if the producer doesn't fire him. As Hurlbut is still listed as the DP, he remained on the production - but you have to wonder just how badly any man needs a job to endure this type of humiliation. Like most bullies, it's doubtful Bale would have had this precise reaction if Hurlbut was a world champion prize fighter. To listen
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