[Hack&Lube]

I prefer the news articles titled: "Christian goes American Psycho"

I was a huge fan of his back when he wasn't popular in like 2000 after I saw American Psycho and Equilibrium. Then Batman Begins came out and suddenly everyone liked him. Then I saw Rescue Dawn and it dawned on me how terrible unsuited he was to the role and how annoying his fake accent was.

He is a true to life classic method actor. The things he put his body through for American Psycho (ate nothing but chicken breasts for 5 months), for the Machinist (his daily meal with coffee with heavy cream. Hardly ate anything else). For Batman Begins (after going down to like 80 lbs for the Machinist, he gained all the muscle back). When he played Patrick Bateman, he stayed in character for the whole shoot. Didn't socialize outside, and never used his welsh accent even with the crew who were subsequentely confused when he reverted back to the real Christian Bale at the wrap-up-party. When he played Batman, his trailer door said "Bruce Wayne" and not "Christian Bale".

He takes his craft a little too seriously sometimes. When doing an art film like American Psycho or the Machinist...sure. But I scratch my head sometimes when it comes to Batman and John Connor. He's dedicated though.

Regarding this clip though - what it really says is that Bale is in charge and the director has no control of the set. The actual Director (MacG or whatever his name is) should be reigning both in as this outburst is a worse distraction to the cast and crew than a director of photography wandering in the background. The director has lost his team just like Craig Hartsburg!