In other news, Batmans an asshole.

[TheWalrus]

Linky to recording of his hissy fit on set. Prepare to hear "fucking" used a lot and in very funny places.

[Hawkbit]

We don't know the context of the tirade.  Sure, he sounds like a douche.  But none of us were there to see how badly the other guy was being a dumbass. 

He actually said the shit that goes through my head when dealing with people on a daily basis.  I'm not seeing the issue here.  More people need to be called out on their stupidity like that. 

[Fordel]

Society would collapse within an hour if we all treated idiot fuckers like we pleased.

[Paelos]

We don't know the context of the tirade.  Sure, he sounds like a douche.  But none of us were there to see how badly the other guy was being a dumbass. 

He actually said the shit that goes through my head when dealing with people on a daily basis.  I'm not seeing the issue here.  More people need to be called out on their stupidity like that. 

Yep, pretty much. We all deal with people who make mistakes and piss us off. The question in this clip was how many times this guy had done something stupid. I'm willing to believe you don't go absolutely top-dawg insane over a guy making one mistake. I would have to think this was repeated behavior and the straw that broke the back.

[ahoythematey]

It sounds a lot like he was finally at his wits end and plain lost it.  It happens sometimes, not that that makes it all okay.

[Triforcer]

Wow, lots of man-crushing on Bale here.  My reaction is exactly the opposite:  he's a raging spoiled douche (see: mother/sister assault) with severe anger issues.  Him and Russell Crowe and Tugger should team up. 

[ahoythematey]

Not man-crushing in this instance, just sounded a lot like somebody who bottled up some stress for too long and I can understand that sort of thing happening, even if it's a shitty thing to do.  Actors spend a very long amount of time during production on location/on a set, and if everything just seems to go wrong one day, anybody involved might find themselves suddenly lashing out at somebody who just happens to annoy/frustrate them at the moment, and it doesn't even have to have a reason behind it.

[LK]

Nice to hear him in his normal voice i.e. with the accent. :)

[Ironwood]

Big who cares.

[WindupAtheist]

I don't really give a damn if he beats up everyone on the set so long as the movies are good. Even if he's a dick, what does that really matter to me? I don't hang out with him, I watch his movies.

EDIT:  Also, listening to the rant it sounds like the same guy had done this at least one other time.

EDIT #2:  If I had his money and position this is how I would talk to about 85% of everyone I meet.

[Big Gulp]

This is like the same thing that happened to Alec Baldwin.  I don't really like Baldwin, but I still think people went overboard in condemning him, considering some of the epic chew outs I've received from my Dad.  They were a hell of a lot less polite than what Baldwin delivered.

And of course, now we're apparently ready to tar and feather Michael Phelps for doing a bong hit.  We've got a sick, celebrity obsessed culture, and we need to knock it the fuck off.  Maybe something like a vocal "No Logo" movement towards celebrity bullshit.

[Azazel]

I found the audio deeply disturbing.

Seriously, those trans-Atlantic accents just weird me the fuck out. Trans-Pacific ones are no better.

[Ironwood]

EDIT #2:  If I had his money and position this is how I would talk to about 85% of everyone I meet.

Yeah.

This.

[Nevermore]

And of course, now we're apparently ready to tar and feather Michael Phelps for doing a bong hit.  We've got a sick, celebrity obsessed culture, and we need to knock it the fuck off.  Maybe something like a vocal "No Logo" movement towards celebrity bullshit.

If there's one thing Americans love to do more than putting celebrities way up high on pedestals, it's finding an excuse to knock them off and watch them fall.

[Jeff Kelly]

Yeah.

This.

Would anybody notice the difference? 

[Ironwood]

Yes.  I'd be in movies.

[NowhereMan]

I'd like to second being weirded out by the trans-atlantic accent. Friend of mine went to work for Novell (I think) about a year ago and on a recent meeting I found has also begun to develop one. There are plenty of mixed accents I can deal with but that one's just odd.

[Sky]

And of course, now we're apparently ready to tar and feather Michael Phelps for doing a bong hit. 

What the fuck is up with that? If anything, you'd think it would show that you can smoke weed casually and still win a fucking fistful of golds at the goddamned Olympics.

People are fucking idiots, so I fully support any tirading. In fact, we need more. Too many people sleeping through their days that need a little shaking the fuck up. McCain got almost half the american vote, ffs. 

[Nebu]

People in the US are slowly losing the capacity for analytical thought.  With the information age, people are more willing to blindly accept things that they are told from a likeable source.  I see this behavior in college students all the time.  They use the wikipedia as an expert source and fail to ever question obvious errors they find in textbooks. 

Idiocracy, here we come! 

[Morat20]

And of course, now we're apparently ready to tar and feather Michael Phelps for doing a bong hit. 

What the fuck is up with that? If anything, you'd think it would show that you can smoke weed casually and still win a fucking fistful of golds at the goddamned Olympics.

And President.

If I was Michael Phelps, I'd probably say "Yeah, I smoked pot AND won a zillion gold medals. And Obama? Smoked and is fucking President of the USA. Guess what? You can smoke pot and still do shit with your life.".

On the other hand, I'd also stand to lose a few zillion dollars -- so....perhaps not.

[Cyrrex]

People in the US are slowly losing the capacity for analytical thought.  With the information age, people are more willing to blindly accept things that they are told from a likeable source.  I see this behavior in college students all the time.  They use the wikipedia as an expert source and fail to ever question obvious errors they find in textbooks. 

 

You know what?  I'm going to have to go along and agree with this post, because it seems to make some kind of sense and also because I like the tone and quality in which it was delivered. 

 

[HaemishM]

I figured Bale would be an asshole just from the way he looks. And let's face it, he's working on the set with McG. I want to kick McG in the nuts repeatedly for Charlie's Angels alone.

As for Phelps - who fucking cares if he takes a bong hit or fifty? Americans are such fucking idiotic prigs.

[Sky]

Conan made a good point last night about not letting someone with the lung capacity of a dolphin hit your bong.

[HaemishM]

Talk about Bogarting a joint.

[Merusk]

Re: Bayle

Yeah, everyone has their moments of blind rage.  Anyone can sound like a complete prick if everything they said was recorded thoughout a month and then selectively filtered to an audience, too.  Reality shows make bank on this and turn people into characters.

Re: Phelps

He's a 'hero' an 'icon' and a 'man of influence'  We're raised in a culture where such definitions are given to flawless people, so we rail and moan and tear them down when they become human or show the slightest flaw.  This is why Clinton was stupid enough to lie under oath, making an indiscretion he should have said "Yep, I did. She spat.. my bad." to into a real reason for an impeachment - lying under oath.  Fucking idiots both.

  If you're going to do shit you don't want to get found out then make sure your 'buddy' isn't photographing it, or is swallowing the load.  The Phelps outcry is two parts.  One the folks who hate weed on principle and two those of us who say "it's illegal, don't do that shit and brag about it, asshat." The folks pissed about flaunting the law are probably the loudest.

Then there's the segment of the population who just want to kick the ass of the douchebag who'd sell out his 'friend.' 

People in the US are slowly losing the capacity for analytical thought.  With the information age, people are more willing to blindly accept things that they are told from a likeable source.  I see this behavior in college students all the time.  They use the wikipedia as an expert source and fail to ever question obvious errors they find in textbooks. 

Idiocracy, here we come! 

Critical thinking is "too hard" to teach.  It's easier to get people to memorize a list of facts and figures to spit out onto scantron sheets and you can have the middle 50% of intellects do it for middling pay.  Lack of critical thinking skills in the education curriculum is why we continue to fail and fall behind every year in math and science and you know it.

[kaid]

I seriously don't see how this is news. If you recorded where I work you would hear far more amusing cussing and swearing at and about just about anybody or anything.

[LK]

I seriously don't see how this is news. If you recorded where I work you would hear far more amusing cussing and swearing at and about just about anybody or anything.

Nobody gives a shit about your fellow employees unless they were being filmed by MTV or some other reality-show producing network (and even then it would only matter as a ratings grab for that fanbase). A hugely successful actor going off the deep-end, however, is 100% pure cocaine for our culture. For anyone that cares to see this behavior from the film industry elite, I'm sure they creamed their pants after finishing the audio clip.

[NiX]

Yes.  I'd be in movies.

In the middle of a group meeting I read this and lol'd.

[Sky]

those of us who say "it's illegal, don't do that shit and brag about it, asshat." The folks pissed about flaunting the law are probably the loudest.

Civil disobedience. I was a huge supporter of CD before I got into a position that I could lose just because some conservatives got their panties bunched up (ie: my name appears in the paper for a violation involving pot). So I abstain these days, unwillingly. But that's kinda why I wish Phelps would stand up and say something like Morat20 said. Thor knows the NORML lobby is so ineffective as to be laughable.

Most people thought I was scandalous when I was younger, because I always had some great pot on me, and I would smoke it in public. Not around kids or anywhere irresponsible, but smoking a joint outside city hall? Why the fuck not? Be smart about the laws and it's a minor violation, a parking ticket. Which I found hilariously funny because a) I was never arrested for marijuana and b) who gets bent out of shape over parking tickets?

Flaunting bad legislation is at the core of american values. Want some tea?

[Merusk]

those of us who say "it's illegal, don't do that shit and brag about it, asshat." The folks pissed about flaunting the law are probably the loudest.

Civil disobedience. I was a huge supporter of CD before I got into a position that I could lose just because some conservatives got their panties bunched up (ie: my name appears in the paper for a violation involving pot). So I abstain these days, unwillingly. But that's kinda why I wish Phelps would stand up and say something like Morat20 said. Thor knows the NORML lobby is so ineffective as to be laughable.

Most people thought I was scandalous when I was younger, because I always had some great pot on me, and I would smoke it in public. Not around kids or anywhere irresponsible, but smoking a joint outside city hall? Why the fuck not? Be smart about the laws and it's a minor violation, a parking ticket. Which I found hilariously funny because a) I was never arrested for marijuana and b) who gets bent out of shape over parking tickets?

Flaunting bad legislation is at the core of american values. Want some tea?

If it's CD for CD's sake or to push an issue, you'll probably get a section of that authoritarian population to consider your viewpoint.  You might even get some of them to back you.  When you come out and apologize afterwards saying, "my bad, I was wrong," you're an asshat breaking the law and being an idiot about breaking it. 

[Sky]

I do not disagree with that.

[UnSub]

I think the real lesson for Bale here is "Don't insult the director of photography on your film, because he WILL leak the tape".

[taleril]

Bale's rant remixed

This was stuck in my head for a good part of the day.

[Yegolev]

Society would collapse within an hour if we all treated idiot fuckers like we pleased.

That would be a sweet, sweet hour.

[Grand Design]

Actors should be able to emote well.  Its part of the job.  Bale should put this recording on his resume.

Anyway, Kinski has the best on camera tirade.