I've been a fan of Christian Bale ever since he starred in Steven Spielberg's EMPIRE OF THE SUN at the age of 13. Incredibly impressive performance for one so young. I'm with you that I don't think he's as good as Michael Keaton (hell, nobody is) but he's better than George Clooney and Val Kilmer (who wasn't as good as Keaton but he came close)
As for the incident on set, I cut the guy slack. It was an isolated incident and as with most incidents it was blown way the hell out of proportion. In fact, the producer of the movie said in a TV interview that they guy Bale yelled at had no business walking around on the set while the cameras were rolling. Bale apologized to the guy and they were cool afterwards.
There's plenty of other incidents that happen on a movie set that makes that look like a kid's playground squabble. I love the stories Carrie Fisher tells about the filming of THE BLUES BROTHERS. I was wondering how the hell the movie ever got to be finished.
And I'm really going to piss you off now, beautiful...I think that Aaron Eckhart's performance as Harvey Dent/Two-Face was just as powerful as Heath Ledger's and he should have gotten an Academy Award nomination as well.
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Date: 2009-05-25 10:28 pm (UTC)As for the incident on set, I cut the guy slack. It was an isolated incident and as with most incidents it was blown way the hell out of proportion. In fact, the producer of the movie said in a TV interview that they guy Bale yelled at had no business walking around on the set while the cameras were rolling. Bale apologized to the guy and they were cool afterwards.
There's plenty of other incidents that happen on a movie set that makes that look like a kid's playground squabble. I love the stories Carrie Fisher tells about the filming of THE BLUES BROTHERS. I was wondering how the hell the movie ever got to be finished.
And I'm really going to piss you off now, beautiful...I think that Aaron Eckhart's performance as Harvey Dent/Two-Face was just as powerful as Heath Ledger's and he should have gotten an Academy Award nomination as well.