Christian Bale: Temper, Temper

Surely, this was the most unusual movie related story of the week: Christian Bale, during The Dark Knight's unprecedented box office blitzkrieg, arrested for assaulting his mother and sister. Now we're finding out more, both about the incident and other instances in which Bale's temper may have gotten the best of him. The New York Daily News reports that Bale's older sister, Sharon, allegedly asked the star for $200,000 so she could raise her three children a little easier. But the story goes that Bale refused the offer to hand over the loot and the fight broke out over that. During that fight, and here's where it gets murky for Christian, he is accused of pushing and shoving Sharon and their mother, who is 61. Now, according to source close to the case, Bale was provoked when his mother began insulting the actor's wife, Sandra Sibi Blazic. What in the hell is going on here? Before you think Bale is completely blameless and that he's just the target of freeloading relatives, which could be entirely possible, it's also been reported that two days before the incident, Bale was part of another controversy on the set of Terminator Salvation. Though sources on the set blame this incident on Bale's understandable exhaustion, TMZ reports he was so angry at cinematographer Shane Hurlbut over a shot that was messed up that he loudly threatened to kick the poor guy's ass, while hundreds of onlookers absorbed the scene. That's the story, anyway. Tensions run high on movie sets, and who knows how much of this is accurate and how much is painted to make Bale look like Mel Gibson, especially in light of the criminal charges stemming from the other dust-up. But Bale himself has been quoted from an earlier interview describing his moments of ill temper:

"Everyone loses their shit on occasions, don't they? Like, ‘Oh God, what demon possessed me to do that?' My wife gets to live with a variety of men. Some of them she likes, some of them she doesn't. There are ones people like and others that they say, ‘Man we're glad you're finished with that project. You were an asshole'."

Perhaps he should have been The Incredible Hulk instead of Batman, then. Suffice it to say, Bale's sister didn't get her money, and if I were you, I wouldn't ask him for a handout anytime soon, either. More than likely, all these stories are being blown out of proportion; Bale doesn't have a history of being a tyrant that we know of. Let's just hope for everyone's sake that cooler heads prevail. He's too good of an actor to let idle chatter bring him down.

Comments

[austin]

He s right get your own money freeloading sis

[Who cares?]

I hate these so called journalists or bloggers making judgements on things they don't know or understand. Who gives a s**t? Leave the man alone and focus on the craft.

[Fellow Aquarian]

He's an aquarious. Moodiness is our life. Perfection is our game. Nothing more to be said on this. He is who he is.

[Banquo Jones]

Brainless speculation at its very best. Good job there, fella.

[Don Svenne]

dont get kids before you can support them GOD DAMNIT..

Hatar alla jävla drägg i världen som inte fattar logik.

[JoKeR]

C'mon so wat if Christian has problems with his mother and sister. I figured it was provoked anyway. But nevertheless, that's the man's business. And I don't think of him any less the man that I expect to see give total professionalism in anything he does.

[Orinn]

Short of killing someone, and maybe even then, I would still see his movies.

and 200K to help raise kids, I find it hard to believe anyone who scores 200K will spend it all on there children.

[buzz_kill]

This situation is completely blown out of proportion. Leave it be. Other so- called celebrities deserve this treatment, not talented actors like Bale.