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6/2/2009: Christian Bale Apologises for Rant
Welsh-born Batman star Christian Bale became the subject of intense internet interest following the online release of a four-minute audio of the actor aiming a foul-mouthed tirade of abuse at Shane Hurlbut, the director of photography on Bale’s forthcoming film, Terminator Salvation last summer. The star, who was arrested by British police in 2008 after his mother and sister accused him of assault, told Kevin & Bean in the interview, ‘I have to tell ya, it's been a miserable week for me... I know I have a potty mouth, everybody knows that now. The thing that I really wanna stress is that I have no confusion whatsoever, I was out of order beyond belief. I was way out of order. I acted like a punk, I regret that, and there is nobody that has heard that tape that it's hit harder than me. So I make no excuses for it, it was inexcusable and I hope that is absolutely clear...’
Bale also said of the rant, which contained no fewer than 35 uses of the F-word, ‘So many people have opinions on this, but none of them were there. Now, we're making Terminator... Sarah Connor is in an insane asylum. I play John Connor, Sarah Connor's son. Now, on the day that all of this happened, the scene that we were doing, I was trying to show a little of that in the blood craziness. You know what? It went very wrong and for reasons that myself, and Shane... and every crewmember who was in that hanger at Kirkland Air Space (in Washington) that day, they know the reasons, I got annoyed and then what happened, I made it ugly, and that was awful of me. I took it way too far and completely mixed up fact and fiction, I'm half John Connor, half Christian Bale and we've heard what happened.’
Bale went on to insist that the outburst had not damaged the relationship between the actor and Hurlbut: ‘I've not only talked with him, we resolved this completely that very day. We kept working for a number of hours. Listen, when I'm saying I'm not coming back on that set if he's still there, you know what? It's hot air. I don't believe that. I had no intention of getting anybody fired. I absolutely believed in Shane's capability, he's done a wonderful job on that movie. Everything is resolved between us, there is no problem whatsoever. I've seen a cut of the movie and he has done a wonderful professional job, and I don't want anyone to have a misunderstanding about that.’ [ADD]
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