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• Christian Bale went on a profanity-laced tirade on the set of Terminator Salvation when the director of photography Shane Hurlbut accidentally walked onto the set as Bale was shooting a scene. Bale threatened to quit, if film executives didn't fire Hurlbut. The outburst was caught on tape and leaked to the Internet.TMZ.com: Bale Went Ballistic (February 2, 2009)

  Director McG placed much of the blame for the incident on himself by stating, "I'm largely to blame for creating an environment of great intensity. I encourage a fiery set, especially making a war movie. I like people to be very wound up."Times Online: 'Christian Bale’s Rant Was All My Fault' (May 14, 2009)

  • Perez Hilton: Christian Bale's Mom Speaks Out... (February 5, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Occurred in July, during filming of Terminator Salvation
  2. The tape was sent to the film's insurance company
  3. Bale reportedly apologized after the tirade
  4. Hurlbut's excuse for walking on the set was to check the lighting
  5. The tirade lasted about four minutes
  6. The clip surfaced on TMZ.com.TMZ.com: Bale Went Ballistic (February 2, 2009)
  7. Hurlbut walked onto the set as Bale and co-star Bryce Dallas Howard were shooting a scene
  8. McG took the blame, while trying to excuse Bales' behavior
  9. Executives are still investigating the source of the leak

• Transcript

  • Bale: Kick your f--king ass!
  • Hurlbut: Christian, Christian ...
  • Bale: I want you off the f--king set you prick!
  • Hurlbut: Christian, I'm sorry.
  • Bale: No, don't just be sorry, think for one f--king second. What the f--k are you doing? Are you professional or not?
  • Hurlbut: Yes I am.
  • Bale: Do I f--king walk around and ...
  • Bruce Franklin: Christian, Christian ...
  • Bale: No, shut the f--k up Bruce! Don't shut me up!
  • Franklin: I'm not shutting you up.
  • Bale: Am I going to walk around and rip your f--king lights down, in the middle of a scene? Then why the f--k are you walking right through like this in the background. What the f--k is it with you? What don't you f--king understand? You got any f--king idea about, hey, it's f--king distracting having somebody walking up behind Bryce in the middle of the f--king scene? Give me a f--king answer! What don't you get about it?
  • Hurlbut: I was looking at the light.
  • Bale: Oh, good for you, and how was it? I hope it was f--king good, because it's useless now, isn't it? F--k-sake man, you're amateur.

  • Bale: McG, you got f--king something to say to this prick?
  • McG: I didn't see it happen.
  • Bale: Well, somebody should be f--king watching and keeping an eye on him.
  • McG: Fair enough.
  • Bale: It's the second time that he doesn't give a f--k about what is going on in front of the camera. I'm trying to f--king do a scene here, and I am going 'Why the f--k is Shane walking in there? What is he doing there?' Do you understand my mind is not in the scene if you're doing that?
  • Hurlbut: I absolutely apologize. I'm sorry, I did not mean anything by it.

  • Bale: Stay off the f--king set man. For f--k-sake. Alright, let's go again.
  • McG: Let's just take a minute.
  • Bale: Let's not take a f--king minute, let's go again. You're unbelievable, you're un-f--king-believable. Number of times you're strolling and f--king around in the background. I've never had a DP behave like this. You don't f--king understand what it's like working with actors, that's what that is. That's what that is man, I'm telling you. I'm not asking, I'm telling you. You wouldn't have done that otherwise.
  • Hurlbut: No, what it is, is looking at the light and making sure, that you are ...
  • Bale: I'm going to f--king kick your f--king ass if you don't shut for a second! Alright?
  • Bale: You do it one more f--king time and I ain't walking on this set if you're still hired. I'm f--king serious. You're a nice guy. You're a nice guy, but that don't f--king cut it when you're bullshitting and f--king around like this on set. I ain't the one walking. Let's get Tom and put this back on and let's go again. Seriously man, you and me, we're f--king done professionally. F--king ass.

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