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Post by sugarhigh on Jul 25, 2012 9:00:17 GMT -4
Didn't the audio of his outburst come right on the heels of the allegation that he attacked his mother and sister? That might be why he doesn't have a great reputation.
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Post by OnyxRose on Jul 25, 2012 10:46:30 GMT -4
That was such a lovely thing he and his wife did.
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Post by jvegg on Jul 25, 2012 20:24:42 GMT -4
So proud of him for doing that ............shallow note he looked so good.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2012 20:44:18 GMT -4
He looks better in the candid photos than he does in magazine or red carpet shots. Like, really, really good.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2012 9:20:16 GMT -4
Yeah, he does. Good lordy.
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Post by bitca on Jul 28, 2012 1:16:42 GMT -4
That was really awesome of Bale to visit one of the victims. One of the local papers noted he spent around 10 mins with each of the victims, which I thought was nice as hell. A friend of mine posted one of the pics and I said, "He looks miserable. 'The WB didn't make me come at all.'" Because I generally think of him as a douche. (Even though I like him as an actor.) Her sister pointed out, "Like anyone could make Bale do something he didn't want to. I'm sure they would have liked to see the rest of the cast, too. Hell, if I got shot, I'd sure as hell want to hear from the voice of God." Touche.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2012 1:33:26 GMT -4
I read this interview with Steve Zahn where he had this to say about Bale: So that's another way of looking at it. I'm ambivalent on Bale, I don't really have a dog in the 'is he an asshole or not' fight, but there's two sides to every story.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2012 3:25:08 GMT -4
I read this interview with Steve Zahn where he had this to say about Bale: So that's another way of looking at it. I'm ambivalent on Bale, I don't really have a dog in the 'is he an asshole or not' fight, but there's two sides to every story. That sounds like 'make excuses for the star/blame the victim' bullshit to me. IIRC, Bale spent part of his rant yelling that the DP was a nice guy, but that wasn't enough to save him once he'd committed the cardinal sin of walking in Bale's line of sight. Bale is a human being, so there are many sides to his personality, but him being nice on one day doesn't mean he wasn't a nasty bully on that one.
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Post by HarpofLorien on Jul 28, 2012 5:25:34 GMT -4
He earned himself some major kudos from just about everyone I've talked to - that he visited the victims without prompting from the studio is amazing. One of the victims who was visited by Bale had a Batman pillow on his bed. Thanks, Christian - you're helping a hurting community to heal.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2012 10:01:25 GMT -4
I've always had a soft spot for him, ever since I saw him in "Little Women" and started following his work; this latest incident is a big reason why. I know he is a complex individual and apparently has some anger management issues, but he is not a phony. This is a guy who got roughed up trying to visit a blind Chinese dissident; he is a true believer with the courage of his convictions.
The Terminator Salvation outburst was horrible and he deserved to be held accountable for it, but all signs point to Bale going through a particularly difficult time emotionally when it happened. The drama with his family took place around the same time. But there have been no such incidents reported since, and I do think he is basically a decent person.
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