10 Actors Who Went Too Far On Set
5. Christian Bale - Terminator Salvation
It began with "I want you off the f***ing set you pr**k" and only became more incendiary from there. Christian Bale's verbal assault on Terminator Salvation cinematographer Shane Hurlbut is the stuff of infamous Hollywood legend.
Bale channelled American Psycho's Patrick Bateman instead of John Connor when the crewmember disrupted the shoot for a reported second time to "fix a light", resulting in an on-set meltdown of thermonuclear proportions.
When audio footage of the exchange leaked, it was toxic PR for the Batman star. The consensus was that Bale crossed a line and was overzealous in his chastising of Hurlbut; but some leapt to the actor's defence, pointing out that the cinematographer could have picked a more appropriate moment to carry out maintenance.
In any case, there's no need to take sides anymore as both parties are said to have resolved their differences and put the incident behind them.